{"id":8112,"date":"2024-07-14T00:53:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T00:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=8112"},"modified":"2024-07-14T00:53:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T00:53:39","slug":"day-21-work-time-and-hiking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/day-21-work-time-and-hiking\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 21: Work Time and Hiking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Project Work Time:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We began our morning by heading straight into project work time. Most of the group spent time analyzing their data and working on posters. Tatum woke up early this morning to hang out with her Pigeon Guillemot friends and had lovely conversations with Dr. Amy Cook. Many of us are heading into the project enzone as the camp is coming to a close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geological Hike with Park Ranger Jeff Hodge:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group headed out on a tour of English Camp with Park Ranger Jeff, who gave us an in-depth look into the geology of the San Juan Islands, and the causes of development of the islands in the first place. We had a lovely hike up to the top of Young Mountain (Hill) with Ranger Jeff leading us to deeper thoughts about the geological creation of the islands. He mentioned to us how glaciers a mile high carved out the San Juan Islands. Thank you to Ranger Jeff Hodge for coming out and spending his time hiking and teaching us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo credits to the nice lady also taking a hike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Friday Habor Labs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the hike up Young Mountain, Ansuya, Flora, Scarlett, Nina, Max, and Ian headed to FHL to continue their research projects. Ansuya and Flora frantically ran around the lab, rushing to get their research done in the short timeframe. Conversely, Max leisurely ran tests on his seastars, Scarlett and Nina walked around the lab to get their data together, and Ian sat around learning the R coding language. Overall, it was a very productive lab time as all parties made steady progress on their projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-Image of Ian’s coding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lime Kiln with Shauna Barrows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later we went to Lime Kiln Preserve which is run by the San Juan Island Landbank. There we met with Shauna Barrows a Field Assistant for said landbank who took us on an interpretive hike. Along the hike, we learned about the limestone mines and their effects on the local environment. We talked about the changes to the changes to the soil, specifically how they are now more rocky and have a higher pH. We also were taught about how many trees have adapted to San Juan Island. These trees have typically become better at living with more rocky soil, salty air, and low humidity. Many people working in the forests of San Juan Island predict that just like how it was found that the coastal juniper is different from the rocky juniper, other trees might be genetically different enough from their closest relatives to be considered a new species. Some of these supposed new species include Madrona, Big Leaf Maple, Douglass Fir, and Western Red Cedar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the hike, we were shown an old quarry. Some of us wandered off from the group to explore the winding path through the quarry. Shauna Barrows afterward led us over to Carefree Lake where Northern Pike has been infiltrating the ecosystem, leaving devastating impacts on the ecosystem. We are exuberant for Shauna to join us at dinner tonight, to continue our conversations. If you want more information on the Land Bank head over to their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photos taken by Caleb Zulauf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Project Work Time: We began our morning by heading straight into project work time. Most of the group spent time analyzing their data and working on posters. Tatum woke up early this morning to hang out with her Pigeon Guillemot friends and had lovely conversations with Dr. Amy Cook. Many of us are heading into the project enzone as the camp is coming to a close. Geological Hike with Park Ranger Jeff Hodge: The group headed out on a tour of English Camp with Park Ranger Jeff, who gave us an in-depth look into the geology of the San Juan Islands, and the causes of development of the islands in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8119,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions\/8119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}