PHOTO CREDITS FOR THE PRE-OWES LESSONS
LESSON 1 – AN INTRODUCTION TO WETLANDS
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 Wetland vegetation – OWES Manuals
Dry marsh and people – OWES Manuals
4 Soil auger – OWES Manuals
Marsh – OWES Manuals
5 Wetland from above – OWES Certificate Course
6 Sewage lagoon – OWES Certificate Course
7 Field with wet spots – OWES Certificate Course
9 Map – OWES Certificate Course
10 Map – OWES Certificate Course
Covers of OWES Manuals – Dave Hackett
12 Marsh – OWES Certificate Course
13 Swamp – OWES Certificate Course
14 Bog – OWES Certificate Course
15 Fen – OWES Certificate Course
17 Wetland complex – OWES Certificate Course
19 Deer – OWES Certificate Course
Moose – OWES Certificate Course
20 People in canoe – OWES Certificate Course
22 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 2 – THE PURPOSE, HISTORY AND FUTURE OF OWES
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1 People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
2 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
4 Wetland from above – OWES Certificate Course
Dry marsh and people – OWES Manuals
7 Marsh – OWES Certificate Course
Marsh – OWES Certificate Course
9 Wetland with industrial background – OWES Certificate Course
Two people evaluating a wetland – Dave Hackett
10 Crowd of people at a wetland – OWES Certificate Course
A group of OWES people on a trail – Dave Hackett
11 A wetland from above – OWES Certificate Course
Windmills generating power – B.J. Mullan, Wikimedia Commons
14 A marsh – OWES Certificate Course
Images of the OWES Manuals – Dave Hackett
16 A Marsh – OWES Certificate Course
Four OWES students – Dave Hackett
18 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 3 – A DESCRIPTION OF THE OWES CERTIFICATE COURSE
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1 People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
2 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
4 Map to locate the university – Nipissing University
Map of location of residence – Nipissing University
5 Conference room – Nipissing University
Residence – Nipissing University
6 Lasagna – Chartwell’s Food Service
Stir fry – Chartwell’s Food Service
People boarding a bus – Dave Hackett
8 Diagram of vegetation zones – OWES Certificate Course
Wetland vegetation – Dave Hackett
Cattails – Dave Hackett
9 Aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
People in a wetland – Dave Hackett
10 Shore of Cache Bay – Dave Hackett
People in a conference room – Dave Hackett
11 Frair Lake – Dave Hackett
People with their computers – Dave Hackett
12 Another shot of people with computers – Dave Hackett
The Bryo-fighters – Alanna Smolarz, Joelle Pecora, Janice Ball & Devin Turner
14 People in swamp – Dave Hackett
People in marsh – Kevan Cowcill
15 Covers of the OWES Manuals – Dave Hackett
17 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 4 – OWES BASICS AND OWES SPATIAL BASICS COURSES
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 People in a marsh – Kevan Cowcill
People in a swamp – Dave Hackett
4 Conference room – Nipissing University
Residence – Nipissing University
5 Pasta – Chartwell’s Food Service
People boarding a bus – Dave Hackett
6 Diagram of vegetation zones – OWES Certificate Course
Infrared aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
A soil profile – U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
People getting on a bus – Dave Hackett
7 Crowd of people at a wetland – OWES Certificate Course
Covers of the OWES Manuals – Dave Hackett
9 Great Blue Heron – Dave Hackett
Water lily – Dave Hackett
Turtle – Dave Hackett
10 A wetland – Dave Hackett
Wetland books and a GPS – Dave Hackett
12 Great Blue Heron – Dave Hackett
Water lily – Dave Hackett
Turtle – Dave Hackett
13 A wetland – Dave Hackett
Wetland books and a GPS – Dave Hackett
14 Infrared aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
People in a wetland – Dave Hackett
15 Infrared aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
People in a conference room – Dave Hackett
16 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 5 – WHICH OWES COURSE IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 A wetland – Dave Hackett
People in a conference room – Dave Hackett
4 People in a swamp – Dave Hackett
The covers of the OWES Manuals – Dave Hackett
5 People in a marsh – Kevan Cowcill
Two wetland evaluators – Dave Hackett
7 Cache Bay shoreline – Dave Hackett
People in a conference room – Dave Hackett
8 Wetland books and a GPS – Dave Hackett
9 People in a wetland – Dave Hackett
OWES class on a trail – Dave Hackett
11 Frair Lake – Dave Hackett
People at their computers – Dave Hackett
12 A person in a wetland – Dave Hackett
Infrared aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
13 People in a marsh – Kevan Cowcill
Infrared aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
15 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 6 – SKILLS NEEDED FOR THE OWES CERTIFICATE COURSE
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 Four OWES students – Dave Hackett
A wetland – Dave Hackett
4 Two wetland evaluators – Dave Hackett
Infrared aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
5 Ruffed Grouse fledgling – Lisa Hackett
Magnolia Warbler – Lisa Hackett
7 OWES people on a trail – Dave Hackett
Blue Flag – USFWS
Sensitive Fern – Dave Hackett
8 Infrared aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
A soil auger with wetland soil – OWES Certificate Course
9 Fen-tasic Four being safe – Jenn McPhee, Jessica Whyte, Bridget Antze & Matt Ford
OWES student emerging from a moat – Dave Hackett
11 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 7 – WETLAND PLANTS
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 Plants in a marsh – OWES Certificate Course
Plants in a swamp – OWES Certificate Course
6 Nodding Beggar Ticks – Kristian Peters, Wikimedia Commons
Panicled Aster – Ryan Hodnett, Wikimedia Commons
Water Smartweed – I. Svdmolen, Wikimedia Commons
Marsh Fern – Agnieszka Kwiecień Nova, Wikimedia Commons
7 Common Cattail – Marshman, Wikimedia Commons
Narrow-leaf Cattail – Le.Loup.Gris, Wikimedia Commons
Common Reed – Darkone, Wikimedia Commons
River Bulrush – Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Wikimedia Commons
8 Reed Canary-grass – Franz Xaver, Wikimedia Commons
Sweet Flag – Christian Fischer, Wikimedia Commons
Water Horsetail – Luc Viatour, Wikimedia Commons
Common Bur-reed – Wikimedia Commons
9 Canada Blue-joint – USFWS Mountain Prairie, Wikimedia Commons
Lake-bank Sedge – Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Wikimedia Commons
Cottongrass Bulrush – Fredlyfish4, Wikimedia Commons
Red-tinged Bulrush – andrey zharkikh, Wikimedia Commons
10 Pickerelweed – Rotational, Wikimedia Commons
Broad-leafed Arrowhead – SA, Wikimedia Commons
Water Arum – Kurt Stüber, Wikimedia Commons
Water-plantain – Bff, Wikimedia Commons
11 Watermeal – Christian Fischer, Wikimedia Commons
Purple-fringed Liverwort – Wikimedia Commons
Mosquitofern – Kurt Stüber, Wikimedia Commons
Lesser Duckweed – Kurt Stüber, Wikimedia Commons
12 Fragrant Water Lily – By Sanctuary, Wikimedia Commons
Water Shield – anon, Wikimedia Commons
Floating-leaved Pondweed – Christian Fischer, Wikimedia Commons
Yellow Pond Lily – Claire Houck, Wikimedia Commons
13 Common Bladderwort – anon, Wikimedia Commons
Canada Waterweed – Christian Fischer, Wikimedia Commons
Clasping-leaf Pondweed – Kristian Peters, Wikimedia Commons
Coontail – SA, Wikimedia Commons
15 Pin Oak – Wikimedia Commons
Silver Maple – Than217, Wikimedia Commons
Black Ash – Keith Kanoti, Wikimedia Commons
Green Ash – anon, Wikimedia Commons
16 Tamarack – Tim & Selena Middleton, Wikimedia Commons
Black Spruce – SA, Wikimedia Commons
Balsam Fir – Cephas, Wikimedia Commons
Eastern White Cedar – U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
17 Speckled Alder – Quadell, Wikimedia Commons
Red-osier Dogwood – Sulfur, Wikimedia Commons
Winterberry – Steven G. Johnson, Wikimedia Commons
Buttonbush – Rufino Osorio, Wikimedia Commons
18 Sweet Gale – SA, Wikimedia Commons
Water-willow – Antepenultimate, Wikimedia Commons
Shining Willow – Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons
Narrow-leaf Meadowsweet – James Lindsey, Wikimedia Commons
19 Nodding Beggarticks – Kristian Peters, Wikimedia Commons
Purple-stemmed Aster – Jesse Rorabaugh, Wikimedia Commons
Spotted Jewelweed – Gordon E. Robertson, Wikimedia Commons
Sensitive Fern – Dave Hackett
20 Fowl Mannagrass – pellaea, Wikimedia Commons
Hop Sedge – Kristian Peters, Wikimedia Commons
Bladder Sedge – Superior National Forest
Lake Sedge – Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Wikimedia Commons
22 Common Brown Peat Moss – Sten Porse, Wikimedia Commons
Tussock Cotton-grass – Elke Freese, Wikimedia Commons
Leatherleaf – Estormiz, Wikimedia Commons
Purple Pitcher Plant – Geoff Gallice, Wikimedia Commons
24 Slender Sedge – Krzysztof Ziarnek, Wikimedia Commons
Tamarack – Tim and Selena Middleton, Wikimedia Commons
Bog Rosemary – Gillfoto, Wikimedia Commons
Eastern White Cedar – U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
25 Mud Sedge – Krzysztof Ziarnek, Wikimedia Commons
Rose Pogonia – Orchi, Wikimedia Commons
Bog Bean or Buck Bean – SA, Wikimedia Commons
Podgrass – Bertblok, Wikimedia Commons
27 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 8 – WETLAND BOUNDARIES
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 Wetland with obvious boundaries – OWES Certificate Course
Swamp with less obvious boundaries – OWES Certificate Course
6 Sugar Maple – Superior National Forest
Northern Red Oak – Katja Schulz, Wikimedia Commons
Black Cherry – Wikimedia Commons
American Beech – Dcrjsr, Wikimedia Commons
9 Eastern White Cedar – U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Red Maple – Wikimedia Commons
Trembling Aspen – Walter Siegmund, Wikimedia Commons
Balsam Poplar – Lynden Gerdes, Wikimedia Commons
10 A soil auger – OWES Certificate Course
11 Mottled soil – OWES Certificate Course
Gley soil – OWES Certificate Course
13 Swamp – OWES Certificate Course
17 Marsh Marigolds and Speckled Alders – OWES Certificate Course
18 Green Ash trees – OWES Certificate Course
19 Silver Maple trees – OWES Certificate Course
21 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 9 – DIVIDING WETLANDS INTO PLANT COMMUNITIES
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 White-tailed Deer – Wikimedia Commons
Wetland – Dave Hackett
4 Marsh Marigolds and Speckled Alders – OWES Certificate Course
6 Black Ash Tree – OWES Certificate Course
Rooted floating plants – Dave Hackett
10 Black Ash Tree – OWES Certificate Course
Eastern White Cedar – OWES Certificate Course
11 Speckled Alder – OWES Certificate Course
12 Leatherleaf – OWES Certificate Course
Bog Laurel – OWES Certificate Course
13 Crested Wood-fern – OWES Certificate Course
14 Beaked Sedge – OWES Certificate Course
15 Pickerelweed – OWES Certificate Course
16 Cattail – OWES Certificate Course
17 White Water Lily – OWES Certificate Course
18 Duckweed – OWES Certificate Course
19 Curly Pondweed – OWES Certificate Course
26 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 10 – REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 Wetland – Wikimedia Commons
Infrared aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
4 A planimeter – Wikimedia Commons
5 People at computers – Dave Hackett
People at a marsh – Kevin Cowcill
7 Infrared aerial imagery – OWES Certificate Course
A Digital Surface Model – OWES Certificate Course
8 A “leaf-off” aerial image – OWES Certificate Course
People at computers – Dave Hackett
9 An infrared view of aquatic vegetation – OWES Certificate Course
A ground-level view of aquatic vegetation – Dave Hackett
11 An infrared view of a graminoid fen – OWES Certificate Course
A ground-level view of a graminoid fen – OWES Certificate Course
12 Water appears black in this infrared image – OWES Certificate Course
14 A person at a computer – Nipissing University
Frair Lake – Dave Hackett
16 The covers of OWES Manuals – Dave Hackett
Inside the manual – Dave Hackett
18 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 11 – WETLAND SOILS/SUBSTRATES
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 Soil profile – United States Department of Agriculture
Marl – OWES Certificate Course
4 Mottles – OWES Certificate Course
Gley – OWES Certificate Course
7 Soil auger – Dave Hackett
8 Wetland – OWES Certificate Course
Soil augering – OWES Certificate Course
11 Soil auger – Dave Hackett
Wetland – Dave Hackett
12 Dried clay – USDA, Wikimedia Commons
Organic soil – USDA, Wikimedia Commons
15 A wetland recharging groundwater – OWES Certificate Course
Groundwater recharging into a wetland – OWES Certificate Course
18 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill
LESSON 12 – WETLAND ANIMALS
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 Mallard – Lisa Hackett
Wood Duck – Frank Vassen, Wikimedia Commons
Canada Goose – Russ, Wikimedia Commons
Common Merganser – Bengt Nyman, Wikimedia Commons
4 Wilson’s Snipe – Lisa Hackett
Greater Yellow-legs – Mike Baird, Wikimedia Commons
Spotted Sandpiper – anon, Wikimedia Commons
White-rumped Sandpiper – Dario Niz, Wikimedia Commons
5 Great Blue Heron – Dave Hackett
Green Heron – Basar, Wikimedia Commons
American Bittern – Walter Siegmund, Wikimedia Commons
6 Common Yellowthroat – Lisa Hackett
Black-and-white Warbler – TonyCastro, Wikimedia Commons
Yellow Warbler – Lisa Hackett
American Redstart – Lisa Hackett
7 Swamp Sparrow – Lisa Hackett
White-throated Sparrow – Lisa Hackett
Song Sparrow – Lisa Hackett
Savannah Sparrow – Lisa Hackett
8 Red-tailed Hawk – Brocken Inaglory, Wikimedia Commons
Merlin – Just a Prairie Boy, Wikimedia Commons
Osprey – Lisa Hackett
Northern Harrier – Dan Pancamo, Wikimedia Commons
9 Belted Kingfisher – Kevin Cole, Wikimedia Commons
Virginia Rail – Mike Baird, Wikimedia Commons
Red-winged Blackbird – Dave Hackett
American Coot – Wikimedia Commons
10 Beaver – Steve, Wikimedia Commons
Muskrat – D. Gordon E. Robertson, Wikimedia Commons
Southern Bog Lemming – PaulT, Wikimedia Commons
Deer Mouse – 6th Happiness, Wikimedia Commons
11 North American River Otter – Ken Thomas, Wikimedia Commons
Short-tailed Weasel – Hillebrand Steve, Wikimedia Commons
American Mink – Pdreijnders, Wikimedia Commons
12 White-tailed Deer – Coolstock, Wikimedia Commons
Moose – Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons
13 Red Fox – anon, Wikimedia Commons
Raccoon – garyjwood, Wikimedia Commons
Coyote – USFWS, Wikimedia Commons
14 Green Frog – anon, Wikimedia Commons
Bullfrog –Carl D. Howe, Wikimedia Commons
Leopard Frog – Switchroyale, Wikimedia Common
15 Mink Frog – Mike Ostrowski, Wikimedia Commons
Gray Treefrog – Robert A. Coggeshall, Wikimedia Commons
Spring Peeper – USGS, Wikimedia Commons
Wood Frog – Brian Gratwicke, Wikimedia Commons
16 Spotted Salamander – D. Gordon E. Robertson, Wikimedia Commons
Red-spotted Newt – Brian Gratwicke, Wikimedia Commons
Blue-spotted Salamander – IronChris, Wikimedia Common
17 Snapping Turtle – Ontley, Wikimedia Commons
Blanding’s Turtle – Wikimedia Commons
Midland Painted Turtle – D. Gordon E. Robertson, Wikimedia Commons
Spotted Turtle – Ontley, Wikimedia Commons
18 Northern Water Snake – Big iron, Wikimedia Commons
Garter Snake – Wikimedia Commons
Ribbon Snake – Wikimedia Commons
19 Bluegill – Briandykes, Wikimedia Commons
Swamp Darter – Noel Burkhead/Howard Jelks, Wikimedia Commons
Longnose Gar – David Stang, Wikimedia Commons
Pumpkinseed – Arbitrarily0 and comrade, Wikimedia Commons
21 Minnow trap – Mheis2, Wikimedia Commons
Baitfish in water – Wikimedia Commons
22 Muskrat – D. Gordon E. Robertson, Wikimedia Commons
American Mink – Pdreijnders, Wikimedia Commons
Beaver – Steve, Wikimedia Commons
North American River Otter – Ken Thomas, Wikimedia Commons
23 Spotted Gar – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wikimedia Commons
Golden Eagle – Rocky, Wikimedia Commons
Blanding’s Turtle – Larry Watkins, SARO
Least Bittern – Brian E. Small, SARO
24 Yellow-headed Blackbird – Blalonde, Wikimedia Commons
25 Female Red-breasted Merganser – D. Gordon E. Robertson, Wikimedia Commons
Golden-crowned Kinglet – Pete, Wikimedia Commons
26 Rusty Blackbird – Mdf, Wikimedia Commons
Wood Turtle – Wilfried Berns, Wikimedia Commons
27 Female Mallard Duck and Black Duck – Jean-Philippe Boulet, Wikimedia Commons
Male Black Duck – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wikimedia Commons
Male Mallard Duck – Keith, Wikimedia Commons
28 Great Blue Heron – Brocken Inaglory, Wikimedia Commons
Black-crowned Night Heron – Augustus Binu, Wikimedia Commons
Red-necked Grebe – Donna Dewhurst, Wikimedia Commons
29 Winter cover 1 – Dave Hackett
Winter cover 2 – Dave Hackett
Winter cover 3 – Dave Hackett
30 Canada geese on water – Lisa Hackett
Coots rafting – Lisa Hackett
Canada geese on land – Lisa Hackett
31 Wood Duck and ducklings – Lisa Hackett
Pair of Mallards – Richard Bartz, Wikimedia Commons
Pair of Pintails – Zeimusu, Wikimedia Commons
32 Palm Warbler – Tony Clements, Wikimedia Commons
American Pipit – Kathy & Sam, Wikimedia Commons
Bohemian Waxwing – Ryan Hodnett, Wikimedia Commons
Tundra Swan – Dick Daniels, Wikimedia Commons
33 Male Moose – USDA Forest Service, Wikimedia Commons
Male White-tailed Deer – U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wikimedia Commons
White-tailed Deer fawn – Jonathunder, Wikimedia Commons
34 Cache Bay Shoreline – Dave Hackett
Wetland vegetation – Dave Hackett
35 Flying Osprey – Wikimedia Commons
Flying Loon – Ano Lobb, Wikimedia Commons
Osprey – Lisa Hackett
Common Loon – Lisa Hackett
LESSON 13 –THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN WETLAND MANUALS
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1 Wetland vegetation – Nipissing University OWES webpage
3 Covers of OWES Manuals – Dave Hackett
4 Covers of OWES Manuals – Dave Hackett
6 People at Frair Lake – Dave Hackett
Wetland books and GPS – Dave Hackett
7 Wetland complex – OWES Certificate Course
9 Loon – Lisa Hackett
Marsh Marigold – J. M. Garg, Wikimedia Commons
10 Covers of two OWES Manuals – Dave Hackett
Female Red-breasted Merganser – D. Gordon E. Robertson, Wikimedia Commons
11 Small Cranberry – Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Wikimedia Commons
Male American Black Duck – DickDaniels, Wikimedia Commons
12 Flood – Kingbob86, Wikimedia Commons
Groundwater discharging – OWES Certificate Course
14 People at Frair Lake – Kevan Cowcill
Pitcher plant – Lisa Hackett
People at Cache Bay – Kevan Cowcill