About Me
Hello muskrat enthusiasts!
My name is Brittany Harried and I am a freshman currently attending
University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse. I am majoring in Biology with a Biomedical
Concentration and Pre-Medecine and minoring in Chemistry and
Nutrition. I have two siblings, Amanda and Daniel, and I am
originally from New Glarus, WI. In high school I loved being active
and being outside! I grew up on a small farm, so I have been
passionate about animals and the outdoors for my whole life! From
exploring in our woods when I was little to going on walks through
Myrick Marsh here in La Crosse, I am always looking for a chance to
find something new and learn about it-even if it means that I have
to dip my toes in the water or get dirty!
My first semester I took the General Biology course and
one day in lab we walked to the marsh and observed some of the
wildlife living only a few blocks from campus. Ever since then, I
regularly take walks through the marsh and can usually convince a
friend or two to tag along with me! One day we spotted a muskrat
swimming through the marsh and we were so excited because we had
never seen one before. Then during second semester, we were
presented with a project to research an organism and make a webpage
on it. I decided to research the common muskrat because I wanted to
choose an organism that I would be able to take photos of myself and
also be able to observe them instead of just learning about them on
paper. I love taking photos of anything and everything so that was
an important aspect for me! You can check out my
Photo Gallery to see the photos and videos
that I took this spring in Myrick Marsh!
I would like to thank the various websites and photographers that
generously allowed me to use their photos on my webpage. I would
also like to thank the students working in the ITS lab on campus for
helping me build my webpage and showing me how to use the program!
Finally, I would like to thank Dr. Sandland for giving me the
opportunity to make this webpage—I was nervous about the assignment
at first, but it has been a lot of fun to be able to chose an
organism I wanted, research it, and be able to make a webpage on it!
I would not have been able to make this webpage without all of your
help, thank you!
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments
about my webpage please feel free to email me at:
harried.brit@students.uwlax.edu
Also if you would like to learn about other organisms living in La
Crosse you can visit my classmates’ projects at
multipleorganisms.net
Thank you for checking out my webpage, enjoy!