Dr. Megan Fork
@aforkintheriver.bsky.social
Ecosystem scientist splashing around in wet &/or urban places, especially in southeast PA. Learning about trash of all kinds. Asst. Prof. at West Chester Univ. (they/she)
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My Freshwater Ecology students are doing student-led exam review with cornhole: answer a question correctly and you get a toss.
December 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My Freshwater Ecology students are doing student-led exam review with cornhole: answer a question correctly and you get a toss.
Is the fact that my 2025 New Year's pig keeps dropping the quarter from its mouth and looks extremely cursed some kind of metaphor, or...?
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is the fact that my 2025 New Year's pig keeps dropping the quarter from its mouth and looks extremely cursed some kind of metaphor, or...?
After 17 months, field sampling for our study on municipal-scale single use plastic bans and how they affect the types and amounts of trash in urban headwaters is DONE! Looking forward to telling you about it at #2025SFS in San Juan!
December 22, 2024 at 3:05 AM
After 17 months, field sampling for our study on municipal-scale single use plastic bans and how they affect the types and amounts of trash in urban headwaters is DONE! Looking forward to telling you about it at #2025SFS in San Juan!
And if you're wondering how to stay involved in your favorite professional society after graduating (or want to know what your early career colleagues are up to), look out for someone with this button!
May 31, 2024 at 11:42 AM
And if you're wondering how to stay involved in your favorite professional society after graduating (or want to know what your early career colleagues are up to), look out for someone with this button!
Wondering about the garbage in your local stream? Team trash is on the case, turning trash into facts!
October 22, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Wondering about the garbage in your local stream? Team trash is on the case, turning trash into facts!
Coffee+sugar+multiple colors of markers make me an absolute menace on the whiteboard.
October 4, 2023 at 6:45 PM
Coffee+sugar+multiple colors of markers make me an absolute menace on the whiteboard.
Sample processing is underway for our BACI study of hoe municipal plastic bans affect the types and amounts of riparian trash!
There is something strangely poignant about carefully and gently washing each of these cast-off items, preparing them to become part of something more than just trash.
There is something strangely poignant about carefully and gently washing each of these cast-off items, preparing them to become part of something more than just trash.
September 29, 2023 at 3:37 PM
Sample processing is underway for our BACI study of hoe municipal plastic bans affect the types and amounts of riparian trash!
There is something strangely poignant about carefully and gently washing each of these cast-off items, preparing them to become part of something more than just trash.
There is something strangely poignant about carefully and gently washing each of these cast-off items, preparing them to become part of something more than just trash.
No love purer than the love that Lola the cat has for a box that's just a little too small...
September 22, 2023 at 11:44 PM
No love purer than the love that Lola the cat has for a box that's just a little too small...
Check out those fancy new waders! I'm so lucky to have an awesome group of students to help discover how single-use plastic bans change the amount and type of trash in southeastern PA streams.
September 11, 2023 at 10:08 PM
Check out those fancy new waders! I'm so lucky to have an awesome group of students to help discover how single-use plastic bans change the amount and type of trash in southeastern PA streams.
Here's what our set up looked like. We put a cable through the block and around a tree or bridge piling. Nothing to stop someone unscrewing the lid and taking the logger, but luckily that didn't happen.
September 9, 2023 at 6:11 PM
Here's what our set up looked like. We put a cable through the block and around a tree or bridge piling. Nothing to stop someone unscrewing the lid and taking the logger, but luckily that didn't happen.
Squeezing the joy out of the last bits of summer by making shark cheese ball ("sharkcuterie") for a friend's Jaws-themed birthday party
August 21, 2023 at 9:58 PM
Squeezing the joy out of the last bits of summer by making shark cheese ball ("sharkcuterie") for a friend's Jaws-themed birthday party
Does this this count?
August 21, 2023 at 8:22 PM
Does this this count?
The Goose is loose!
(My local urban stream is over its banks)
(My local urban stream is over its banks)
August 7, 2023 at 11:07 PM
The Goose is loose!
(My local urban stream is over its banks)
(My local urban stream is over its banks)
My freshly-graduated master's student stopped by with these beautiful flies for me!
August 3, 2023 at 1:27 AM
My freshly-graduated master's student stopped by with these beautiful flies for me!
Measured some urban stream cross-sections this week. First time using a transit level, and had fun seeing the data come to life in excel. Looking forward to watching this landscape change over time!
August 2, 2023 at 12:25 PM
Measured some urban stream cross-sections this week. First time using a transit level, and had fun seeing the data come to life in excel. Looking forward to watching this landscape change over time!
Hi friends! I'm an aquatic ecosystem scientist who is especially stoked about urban systems. Looking forward to building a community here!
July 28, 2023 at 1:19 PM
Hi friends! I'm an aquatic ecosystem scientist who is especially stoked about urban systems. Looking forward to building a community here!