Next Recapture: October 30th

Join PlanetRecapture on Sunday, October 30^th from 1:00-4:00 pm at the two ponds near Fareway (at the intersection of Mormon Trek and Westwinds) - rain or shine - for an afternoon of great fun, Capture the Flag (in Willow Creek Park), a party, and making the world a better place.   

NOTE: Drop-off at 1:00 at ponds by the Fareway parking lot. Pick-up at 4:00 near the playground by Benton Street in Willow Creek Park.

We’ll work together to clean up trash and recyclables from the ponds, and perform water quality testing. Researchers from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the IOWATER program are advising us, as well as faculty from the University of Iowa and Cornell College.  

After we do the trash cleanup and water quality testing, we’ll all walk to Willow Creek Park at 2:00 to play Capture the Flag and have a party with refreshments provided by our sponsors: Fareway and Domino’s Pizza.  We always have parents supervising all activities.

The Iowa DNR has assigned PlanetRecapture to be the organization responsible for monitoring water quality in the Willow Creek area.  We are uploading all data we collect to the IOWATER database. We’re expanding PlanetRecapture to monitor other waterways, parks, and natural areas. We need you, your family, teachers, and friends to help PlanetRecapture grow!

For questions, or to commit to participate, please call or e-mail:

Daniel or Andrew:      (319)-354-1622 

dburgess19(at)gmail.com                aburgessviolin(at)gmail.com

                                                                                                                                      

For questions from parents, please call or e-mail:

Jadvyga Gerasimovic   400-5028                jadvyga-gerasimovic(at)uiowa.edu

David Burgess 621-6653                                 david-burgess(at)uiowa.edu

October 8th Recapture!

We had another really great Recapture on October 8th!

A big thank you to all the kids and parents who helped us remove over 

300 pounds of trash and recyclables from the ponds, and a very special 

thank you to our sponsors, who donated the pizza, snacks, and drinks:

 

Here are some pictures:

A group performing water quality tests.

Ellie searching for wildlife to capture and examine.

Ellie's wolf spider "Tom" chilling out in his temporary home.

Performing water quality tests in a section of one of the ponds.

The kids, and some of the parents and friends who participated.

All the kids who participated with some trash we removed.

All of the trash we removed, including a brand new bike, a PVC pipe,

a relatively comfortable office chair, a basketball, and seven bags of garbage.

Not included are the several bags of recyclables we removed.

October 1st Recapture!

Many thanks to all the great kids and parents who helped us clean up the entire south end of Willow Creek, do more testing for the IOWATER program,
and have the best Capture the Flag game yet! 

Here are some pictures from the October 1st Recapture:

Preparing testing equipment. 

 Testing for dissolved oxegen levels.

Testing in the creek bed.

Some of us rode bikes to PlanetRecapture!

Catching fish in Maple Grove Strainer.

Plotting strategies for Capture the Flag.

Catherine and Annie chasing Gage.

Team Eagle's Jail. 

 Having a Party!