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Kayla Vondracek

Kayla Vondracek, a senior environmental studies major, will graduate this spring. She spent a year collecting river bottom samples and scrubbing algae off rocks in the Niobrara River as part of a UCARE research project on the river. April 28, 2021. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek enters readings into a device to measure chlorophyll levels from the river water samples in the Hardin Hall Lab. July 31, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek gauges the amount of filtered water left to complete her sampling. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 13, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Water runs off a sand sample as Kayla Vondracek brings it to the surface. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 13, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek and Sydney Kimnach look over their data after sampling a site. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 13, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek and Sydney Kimnach work their way back from the Niobrara River after sampling a site. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 13, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek, wrings out her socks after her waders took on water. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 13, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek, junior in Environmental Studies, Sydney Kimnach, sophomore in environmental studies and fisheries and wildlife management, with Professor Jessica Corman research algae in the Niobrara River. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 13, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek, junior in Environmental Studies, fights the current and depth to take a sand sample as she researches algae in the Niobrara River. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek, junior in Environmental Studies, fights the current and depth to take a sand sample as she researches algae in the Niobrara River. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek, junior in Environmental Studies, fights the current and depth to take a sand sample as she researches algae in the Niobrara River. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek processes an algae-filled water sample at the Niobrara Valley Preserve as Professor Jessica Corman supervises. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, discusses a rock teaming with aquatic life with Matthew Chen and Kayla Vondracek. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek slips and nearly loses her balance as she and Matthew Chen collect cobble samples. Professor Jessica Corman prepares more filtered water. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek, junior in Environmental Studies, laughs with her professor while collecting samples in the Niobrara River. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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A sand sample being rinsed into a collection bottle is reflected in Kayla Vondracek's sunglasses. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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A dragonfly alights on Matthew Chen's finger as they take samples. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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A dragonfly uses Kayla Vondracek's cap as a landing pad. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek talks with Professor Jessica Corman as they and Matthew Chen take their lunch break riverside. Professor Jessica Corman prepares more filtered water. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek and Matthew Chen exchange greetings with kayakers on the Niobrara. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek, junior in Environmental Studies, gets up close and personal with the Niobrara River while scrubbing an algae sample off of the river bedrock. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek holds her sample over a collection bottle as Matthew Chen rinses all the sand and algae into the container. In the background, Professor Jessica Corman prepares more filtered water. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, helps Kayla Vondracek filter a water sample. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Kayla Vondracek, Jessica Corman and Matthew Chen look over a sand sample in the Niobrara River. Jessica Corman, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources, UCARE research group researching algae in the Niobrara River. Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge. July 12, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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