UMD Outdoor Program

Rock on, Sam!

Sam Nesheim
Brainerd, MN
Major — Environmental Science; Biology Minor
Sam is a UMD undergraduate researcher investigating water temperatures from different sources to better understand trout behavior. “I am taking field samples and various water chemistry metrics of a north shore stream around a deep groundwater spring during the winter. If I can show that the spring provides significant winter streamflow at a significantly warmer temperature than the regular streamflow, it could end up being a key element in trout survival during the winter.”