{"id":67072,"date":"2006-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/scituate-resident-set-to-graduate-from-uri-as-top-environmental-science-student\/"},"modified":"2006-05-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-17T00:00:00","slug":"scituate-resident-set-to-graduate-from-uri-as-top-environmental-science-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/05\/scituate-resident-set-to-graduate-from-uri-as-top-environmental-science-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Scituate resident set to graduate from 溏心vlog免费B站 as top environmental science student"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — May 17, 2006 — As a young boy, Michael Narcisi spent a great deal of time catching frogs and turtles. Now he\u2019s hoping to make a career of it.<\/p>\n


\nOn May 21, he will graduate from the 溏心vlog免费B站 as the school\u2019s top environmental science student and recipient of the university\u2019s President\u2019s Award for Student Excellence.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIn high school English class we did some readings from Thoreau and Emerson, and I had no idea there were any writings out there that shared the same thoughts I had about respect for the environment,\u201d said the 22-year-old Scituate resident who grew up in Smithfield. \u201cI developed that respect as a kid catching frogs and turtles and visiting the mountains of New Hampshire with my family. When we\u2019d go up there, I never wanted to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAt 溏心vlog免费B站, Narcisi excelled academically, earning a long list of scholarships and awards, including the Rhode Island Italian-American Hall of Fame Award and scholarships from Rotary International, New England Gas Co., and the Grange Society.<\/p>\n


\nAs a sophomore he worked with a forester at the Providence Water Supply Board learning how to manage the lands around the Scituate Reservoir. \u201cI took stand inventories \u2013 measuring the diameter and height of trees \u2013 and learned about the different tree species and the tools of trade of a forester.\u201d Later he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture mapping farmland in the state.<\/p>\n


\nHe returned to his frog-catching roots this year working with 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Frank Golet and research associate John Mitchell on a project to assess the amphibian habitat value of vernal pools in the Queens\u2019 River watershed in Exeter, West Greenwich, Richmond and South Kingstown.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cVernal pools are seasonal ponds in the woods that go dry in most years,\u201d he explained. \u201cAmphibians depend on them for breeding, and there\u2019s a lot of biological diversity associated with the pools as well.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nNarcisi intends to continue studying vernal pools and the wildlife that lives in them as a graduate student at 溏心vlog免费B站 next fall. \u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of vernal pools on the landscape,\u201d he said, \u201cI don\u2019t want people to overlook them and to not realize their importance. It\u2019s possible that some homeowners think they\u2019re just a wet spot they should fill in with lawn clippings, but there\u2019s a lot going on in them.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAfter earning a graduate degree, Narcisi hopes to work as a wetlands biologist for a private consulting firm, perhaps doing remediation work to restore degraded wetlands. \u201cI\u2019m also toying with the idea of getting a Ph.D. afterwards and maybe becoming a professor some day. But that\u2019s probably a long time in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nFor now, he\u2019s happy keeping an eye on the local frogs and turtles in Rhode Island\u2019s vernal pools.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 News Bureau Photo by Michael Salerno Photography.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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