Saturday, April 27, 2013

Struggling

Its finally here...the struggle to keep doing this. I don't know what to say or talk about. I haven't been keeping a journal this year and I miss talking to my leather bound friend every night. Put my troubles down on paper in front of me and see the memories I've had throughout the week. I'm not even writing letters this year either. I couldn't give a real reason I'm not. It's not like what I'm doing is overly exhausting. I'm going to bed early. I don't know what's wrong with me.
It's been so long I don't know where to begin...I don't want to talk about what's been going on in the office and the only memorable work we've done was doing stream stablization for Fish and Wildlife. It was a new idea for them, but something I had already done before with the Park Service. To keep the bank from getting eroded, one section we added dirt and planted willow, the second side was the part that was a repeat for me. What we did was dug out our bank then filled it with 3 foot tree rounds. After that we put in Willow and covered them with dirt and then repeated the process until it was at the level of rest of the bank. The hope is for the rounds to break down or suuport the Willow to grow along the bank. The rounds were either Alder (Nitrogen fixing) or Cottonwood.
So it started snowing again on Fridaty. Out at the EVC we had about a foot of snow. I really enjoy sleeping in my new dry tent and hearing the snow or rain on the rain fly. I also got a new sleeping bag so I've been nice and toasty!

1 comment:

  1. Yay for new tent and sleeping bag! I wonder how long they will last.

    Do you still have your camera? I feel like you're not taking pictures as much as you used to.

    Any cool animal sightings? (Both domestic and wild)

    I think it's really cool that you're learning about Environmental Ecology in a way. (Nitrogen fixing trees). What else have you learned like that?

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