We drove to the American Camp to meet Jenny Shrum. While we were there, we learned about the endangered Island Marble Butterfly and what her lab is doing to learn more about the species and possibly help restore the species habitat. We went into the lab to see the chrysalis stage of the butterfly. Then, we went out to collect seeds of the butterfly’s host plant.

( This is us out gathering seeds )

After we got back, we had a zoom call with the Washington State Representative Alex Ramel. He explained the process of a Bill being passed. He also talked about legislature and what he is doing for the environment. He also gave some advice on how to get involved with politics.

Shortly after the Zoom meeting with Alex Ramel, we had a meeting with Ms.Morgan Eisenlord a PHD candidate in the Harvell lab at Cornell University. Ms.Morgan spoke about the eelgrass wasting disease that doesn’t necessarily kill the host. She also talked about how there was a decline in eelgrass in the 1930’s to the 1980’s and it’s still currently happening today, but we are still unsure if the eelgrass wasting disease is the cause of the decline of eelgrass.