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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Springterns.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 224px; float: right; " />The spring internship is always interesting. Weather can be chaotic at times, with our long cold winter holding on tight, thaw seeping so slowly through its grip. Ice melted on Big Twin Lake a little over a week ago and a week before that on Louie&rsquo;s Pond.&nbsp; Last weekend several inches of snow fell overnight, meaning shovels still reside next to each entryway. And I suppose we can be thankful for all of it.&nbsp;</p>
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	Living in the Great Lakes State, long snowy winters and rainy springs sustain our forests and waterways during the hot, humid summers. Louie&rsquo;s Pond and Beaver Pond look their best in years and consequently, the amount of wildlife on campus has been phenomenal. A couple weeks ago, I watched a coyote descend the slope into the beaver pond kettle, darting in and out of the pines. Wood Ducks and Sandhill Cranes are using the revived wetlands as well. The Wood Frogs are finding their mates. The Grosbeaks and Yellow-rumped Warblers are singing. Spring has to be close.</p>
