Notes From the FieldPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineSalt Marsh Ecology | In the Grass Notes from the Field: Getting the Dirt by Althea Moore November 16, 2012 by Althea Moore November 16, 2012 Althea Moore is Dr. Randall Hughes’ graduate student. In today’s Notes From the Field, she describes her newest study and how she’s funding it: the increasingly popular and effective method of crowdfunding.