Walking Journal # 7

To my understanding, nature is something that is living and has an ecosystem present in order to show the multiple food chains within. The nature in my neighborhood is not quite all real. There are trees from here to there, but not a lot of anything else. However, when I expanded my walk I found that UNR does in fact have a lot of nature all around the campus, from grass, to trees, to a “lake” with a fountain, and flowers. This represents how nature is needed at a university because many students meet here to relax and talk about the day. I love to just walk under trees and on top of grass to have to feeling of nature all around me.

            Nature works all around us, it may not work with us because our urbanization takes over nature; yet, it is still present all over this city. As I was walking, I saw certain features that play a role in my research topic on precipitation to tap and the cycle in Reno. I observed sewer drainages that may lead somewhere to be filtered which can be a part of my research, I saw a fountain that may be getting its water from the Truckee River, the main topic in my research, and I saw sprinklers, which of course I went into! The sprinklers may also be getting the water from the Truckee River because the Truckee River supplies 85% of Reno’s tap water, and subsequently, sprinklers come from tap water. Furthermore, there are many features that play a huge role on my research concerning the watershed cycle in Reno.