ADE partners with Lee University exploring aquatic systems in Costa Rica. Their experience was printed in local newspaper: Lee Students Visit Costa Rica For Ecology And Conservation Trip Tuesday, October 5, 2021 - by EIiza Souers, Lee University Lee students with Dr. Thaddeus McRae posing by the upper La Paz waterfalls on the headwaters of the Rio Sarapiqui during their trip to Costa Rica This summer, 10 Lee University students spent 22 days in Costa Rica for course fieldwork, exploring different tropical forest ecosystems and studying their biodiversity, climate, and how people use them. The group, led by Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Thaddeus McRae, partnered with a small organization there that works on sustainable development and compared the effects of changing elevation on the community of organisms present. “I will remember this trip for the rest of my life,” said James “Cole” Shelton, a junior pre-professional biology major. “The friendships and relationships I made w
