We started off our daily adventure by going Bell Point at English Camp. While we were there and waiting on our speaker Shawn, we made observations about what we saw on the low tide shoreline. We saw things such as clams, oysters, and even got to take a closer look as we walked along the shore.

Once Shawn arrived, we walked with him along the shore as he explained his works on the restoration project for distribution of eelgrass seeds. He also covered how this restoration project method and how it is effective.

After we came back from seeing Shawn, we came back to work on our project proposals ideas research. We all presented our research homework from the night before and we got assigned into the groups who picked the same topic as another. After that, we all just talked about our project with our partner to get an idea of what the project would look like realistically in the field.

We went to Zylstra Lake to meet with Sarah Hanson to discuss what permaculture is. She explained how different ecosystems, species, and abiotic factors interconnect and the importance of that. There was such good conversation about species of trees, differences between bodies of water, soil saturation, natives and invasive, and so much more. As a group we had a little bit of fun eating blackberries along the way.

Ending our time with Sarah, we took a photo to see how far we walked. We spotted a bench surrounded by beautiful fruit trees and very peaceful setting which we hung out in before walking back to our cars.