2019 People of the Big River Field Class

This morning we woke up in the beautiful Deschutes National Forest. The connections that Jessica Black has with this forestry group is incredible. We settled in just fine last night and woke up to our normal group duties. After our duties were completed, we headed out to the Newberry National Volcanic Monument where we spent the day. During our stay at the park we walked around the remains of the 7,000-year-old volcano. At this location we were able to see the Lava lands of central Oregon. Our experience there was very nice, and the views were spectacular. As we walked around, I noticed signs that mentioned that they did not want us to pluck any of the flowers in our paths because they were trying to restore life in that area. After our lunch time we got on a bus that took us towards the top of a giant hill where we were able to look at the National forest at a higher elevation. While being up there we learned a little bit more about the Obsidian Flow. The Obsidia...

Waking up in a secured facility was probably one of the nicest things to wake up to after last night. I woke up a little earlier to take another shower before we headed on the road- yes, I know two showers back to back, pretty crazy. We went through our morning routine plus packing up our things once more since today was our last day in Warm Springs. Once we were done, we waited for the Forestry people to get to our location. Once they got there, we were able to sit down at the same room as yesterday but this time we got to speak about logging. Claude Smith was the man who was the logging manager. He was able to share with us some interesting math that was so much fun at eight in the morning. After his short and brief explanation, he introduced to Yvette. Yvette was a timber technician. She is a full-time employee and only twenty credits away from obtaining her bachelor’s degree. During this whole lecturing moment, I learned a few things about trees....