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Welcome to the july episode of Core 

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connection . I'm your host Patrick 

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Bloodgood . This month we take a look 

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at how the Engineering Research and 

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Development center is expanding cold 

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weather research . How you say it looks 

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at water quality around its dam 

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projects . The Air Force is getting a 

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new B 21 bed down facility in south 

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Dakota . We look at how you say 

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supports military construction efforts 

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in the Baltics , rangers get pepper 

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sprayed as part of a training exercise . 

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And finally a ranger from the 

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Louisville district has taken on a new 

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role beekeeper . All those stories 

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coming up on this edition of Core 

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Connection 

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it's july and yes it's hot . But the 

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focus at the cold regions Research and 

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Engineering laboratory is always frigid . 

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Recently the lab expanded its 

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capabilities with the addition of a new 

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building that will enable them to dig 

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deeper into cold weather solutions and 

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technology . 

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The 

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U . S . Army Engineer Research and 

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development centers , Cold regions 

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Research and Engineering laboratory in 

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Hanover . New Hampshire is expanding 

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its capability in extreme cold weather 

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research . With its new climactic 

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chamber building The facility will be 

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used for military research , 

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development test and evaluation 

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applications with a focus on the 

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emerging needs of the war fighter and 

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supporting the development of science 

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and technology capabilities relevant to 

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the 21st century . With a focus on new 

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fields of research . The insights 

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gained from the research performed in 

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this new climatic chamber will not only 

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ensure our military is prepared to 

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operate in some of the planet's 

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harshest environments but also benefit 

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everyday americans by improving our 

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roads and other infrastructure systems . 

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The core truly understands the 

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importance of engineering , especially 

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in cold climates , to the US army and 

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the rest of the military as they 

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accomplished their mission . I want to 

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thank the many men and women who work 

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at and closely with corral . It's your 

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drive , your drive to solve the 

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toughest problems you desire to push 

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the limits of our understanding that 

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has enabled Congress to fund this new 

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facility . So the facility , as it 

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stands right now allows us several 

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capabilities that we didn't have in the 

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past . We actually have a facility that 

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has been designed from the start to 

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have running vehicles inside of it . We 

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have a facility that is capable of 

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large skill mil spec testing . 

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Previously , we only had small reach in 

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chambers . Now this one can actually 

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hold a vehicle and of course it's our 

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first chamber that's actually designed 

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from the start to be safe with 

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hazardous materials involved in testing . 

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of operating a vehicle in the extreme 

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outside and test it . But at that point , 

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the key feature that you want to have 

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the chamber still cold for is the 

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actual engine startup process . And so 

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that ability to have the vehicle 

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running to be able to do engine starts 

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energy topics . That would be of 

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the 21st century . Word is already 

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spreading to our stakeholders and our 

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partners about this new capability we 

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have here in the cold climatic chamber 

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and our partners are already lining up 

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because they can't wait to work with us 

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to get new technologies and new 

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capabilities into this facility for 

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development and testing . It's 

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about extreme cold , that's when you 

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get below minus 25 degrees , not not 

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below freezing below minus 25 degrees 

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new facility is whereas we're primarily 

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focused on the arctic . We support many 

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nation . For example , we support the 

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moon , you go to mars it's extremely 

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past . So these are exciting times for 

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the cold regions , lab both supporting 

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our nation and indeed our planet and 

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the polar regions of the world , but 

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even beyond to support space 

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making sure water quality around dams 

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are within environmental standards is a 

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huge mission for the core uses 

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personnel like the team at Lake 

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Cumberland continually sample and test 

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the water to make sure it's 

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ecologically safe for humans , plants 

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water quality team with the U . S . 

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tail water along with 12 more stations 

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in the reservoir and major tributaries 

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of Lake Cumberland . While the team 

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surveys water quality and visits the 

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lake monthly to monitor water 

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temperature , dissolved oxygen , 

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conductivity and ph on this trip , it 

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conducted a full water sampling to 

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analyze for nutrients , metals , algae 

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and chlorophyll . We are out here 

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frequently and if there's anything that 

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looks suspicious to us on the surface 

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of the water or the things that we find , 

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we report that immediately to the 

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of action . At each station , the team 

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check water clarity with the second 

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depth . Then I'm going to pull it 

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back up and we will bottle this water 

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and send it off for analysis , the 

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water quality team wants people who 

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that the Corps of Engineers routinely 

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the water in the lake is healthy for 

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visitors . This is lee roberts 

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reporting for the national district at 

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Lake Cumberland in Kentucky . You say 

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it's continues to support our nation's 

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men and women in uniform at Ellsworth 

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Air Force Base in South Dakota , the 

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Omaha district and the Air Force 

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new facilities to help maintain B 21 

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bombers . 

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state of South Dakota and industry 

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partners gathered May 25th 2020 to to 

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conduct an official groundbreaking 

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ceremony for the start of the B 21 

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raider bomber bed down at Ellsworth Air 

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Force Base . The historic building 

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endeavor is the first awarded B 21 

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Wide and will provide a low observable 

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type functionality and supported B 21 

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dozen projects . It always works uh in 

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aircraft here . So um this is one of 

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many and we look forward to awarding 

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of progress at Ellsworth . You know , 

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there's a lot of interest in and uh 

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consideration for not impacting the one 

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operations as we go about the delicate 

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process of uh building new facilities 

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groundbreaking ceremony was organized 

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by Ellsworth Air Force Base General , 

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keynote address . The event was 

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attended by uses Northwestern Division 

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stakeholders and many industry partners . 

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billion dollar program that the core is 

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going to execute over the next decade 

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or so . That's gonna help the Air Force 

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modernize its bomber leg of the nuclear 

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triad . And in doing so we're gonna 

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the uh national defense and the 

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security of our nation . You say Samaha 

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approve the remaining construction 

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contracts while ramping up construction 

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efforts over the next five years . The 

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US Army Corps of Engineers support to 

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our military doesn't stop at the 

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nation's borders . The europe district 

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is busy supporting our country's 

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interests abroad and highlights their 

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base in Estonia um in the Baltics , you 

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say , supports the E . D . I . Program , 

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european deterrence initiative . Our 

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primary partners , you safety working 

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on facility upgrades to air bases in 

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Latvia Lithuania and Estonia . In 

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humanitarian assistance program , uh 

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renovating kindergartens , uh fire 

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stations and emergency medical 

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facilities throughout the Baltics . So 

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working here in Estonia and throughout 

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the Baltics is a rewarding experience 

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here representing uses in the US and 

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working alongside NATO and our allies 

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the job of a U . S . Army Corps of 

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Engineers . Park ranger is generally 

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one that has positive interactions with 

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the millions of visitors who recreate 

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at a core project throughout the year . 

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may become a bit adversarial and the 

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rangers need to get control of the 

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situation quickly . Pittsburgh District 

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rangers received training and using 

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pepper spray to help . So do an unruly 

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and I'm about to give pepper spray 

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close your eyes and hold your breath . 

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It did hit me at first , but now it is 

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what does it feel like like there's 

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sand in my eyes at first . It wasn't 

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bad . I thought I was immune for like a 

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split second , but as soon as I got 

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over here I was like , oh , 

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who , how you feeling ? Not good . So 

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my eyes were burning pretty bad . It's 

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pretty tough to open them right now , I 

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can breathe fine . It felt real sandy 

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like if somebody squeezed jalapeno 

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juice in your eyes and then kicked sand 

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in them . Not good . 

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Finally , it's time to talk about the 

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birds and the bees . Well , the bees at 

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least a Louisville district Park ranger 

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is now a pollinator aficionado as he 

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has taken on an additional duty of 

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beekeeper taking care of these vital 

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insects that are essential to the 

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ecosystem . 

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Hi , 

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my name is Jim Berkeley . I'm a park 

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ranger up here at Patoka Lake . Take 

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care of the bees for us . We got our 

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bees in 2020 after another ranger at 

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another lake and retired . The other 

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lake hadn't , didn't have anybody who 

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can take care of the bees . And we had 

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already had a good pollinator plan in 

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place at that time for wildflowers . 

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Like you see here , we've really been 

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kind of excited about doing that kind 

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of stuff . So getting these was a good 

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fit for us . I took him over in the 

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fall of 2020 when I right after I came 

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here . It was brand new to bees . I've 

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never done anything with them before . 

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It's been a really fascinating , 

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fascinating experience . So learning to 

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be a beekeeper . I got a , 

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a book which we had here at the , at 

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the core and then I got ahold of a 

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beekeeper who's a neighbor with us here . 

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And she showed me about the bees when 

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she got in him last year showed me what 

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to do and I kind of took what she 

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showed me ran from there . I actually 

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got some at home because I was so 

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fascinated by him . Got some for me and 

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my brother in law and sister in law are 

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into it . And then some real good 

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friends of ours . I talked them into a 

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beehive too . So now between all of us 

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we kind of learn together on our bees . 

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So we actually have a live hive where I 

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can take part of the beyhive there and 

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I can in good weather , take it to 

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schools and show kids a lot of the 

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brood and stuff like that helps them to 

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actually get hands on without actually 

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touching these , get some past their 

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fears a lot . Or I've also talked to 

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groups to with people who are wanting 

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to get into beekeeping because I'll say 

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I'm not an expert but I have the inside 

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of a first year beekeeper . So what 

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it's taken me to get through the first 

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year that wraps up this edition of 

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core connection . Thanks for tuning in . 

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We'll be back in august with another 

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episode until then continue to have a 

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safe and happy summer . 

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Okay