Tuesday, February 23, 2010

In Flight

Here I am, jumping over a small stream in the Mau Forest - upper catchment of the Mara River. I made it...without getting wet!

photo taken by Mara Conservancy Will

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Behind...

Behind on emails with a Hippo behind you...

Hippo grazing in the distance...

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Mara River Flows Newsletter - January 2010


"Under the Kenya National Water Resources Management Strategy (2006), water quality parameters are prescribed for different bodies of water based on their Resource Quality Objectives (RQO). RQOs are determined for a given body of water based on its ecological, commercial and livelihood importance. The lower Mara River, where these samples were taken, has been identified by the Lake Victoria South Catchment Management Authority of Kenya as being of high ecological importance, which should correspond to turbidity levels not exceeding 50 NTU. We have measured turbidity at this site 35 times in the last 18 months, and we have only documented turbidity levels below 50 once-- 43.2 NTU on Jan 11, 2009."

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Mara Conservancy Will...IN ACTION!

Mara Conservancy Will joined us for a few days as we sampled in the Upper Catchment of the Mara River.

At a man-made dam on the Kagawet River.


Crossing a bridge over the Anapngetungek River at the edge of the Mau Forest.


Standing on a small, rickety footbridge over the Chapkositonik River.


Jumping over the Anapngetungek River in the Mau Forest!