Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Day Two:

 We met up with two fuel technicians at Deschutes National Forest whom names are Nicholas E Swagger and Robert Newey. They taught us about logistic which means having the right material at the right time and taught us about fuels which are what fired consume to to become a larger fire for example pine needles, pine cones, shrubs, and sticks. We also learned increments of fuels such as a 1 hour fuel which are 0 to a quarter inch, 10 hour fuels which are a quarter to one inch, 100 hours are one to three inches and 1,000 hours are three inches greatest but they're usually 10 inches greater.
I also learned what B.I.A (Bureau of Indian Affairs) stands for and what NEPA which is National Environment Policy Act which was established in 1969. I also became a logger that day because I learned which trees to cut down and the different types of trees such as a dominant tree: the tallest most healthiest treesCo dominant:  which are usually next to the dominant trees but it's not getting it's full nutrition.
The most interesting fact I took from visiting the site was that the ponderosa pine tree which usually has 3 long pine needles which smell like butter scotch.
We also visited U.S National Forest Service Department of Agriculture and took a tour of the Seed Extractory which is a non private organization and we talked to two very sweet lady's whom names are Kayla Hurman and Sarah Garvin, they explained to us how sometimes they're seeds within seeds and how they get over 20-60 unnamed seeds and there are over 1,500 different species. Too keep track of so many seeds is difficult so I respect them.
After we met with them we went and had barbecue with a group that had different types of jobs.  We met Tom who is a fish biologist, Robin who works in architecture, Bill who works in land  surveyed, Lorine Turner who is a biologists, Sharmine who is a botanist, Gina who is a public affairs specialist. Gina told me about other fields beyond theirs and those are: Rangeland Management Specialist, Forester, Forest Engineer, Silviculturist, Trail Specialist, Recreation Specialist, Hydrologist, Road and Facilities Maintenance, Contracting Specialist, Visitor Services and Interpretive  Specialist, Timber Product and Contracting Officer, Geologist, Forest Health/Entomologist and Safety Specialist. I was amazed how much field there are and how many people get together and protect the forest.

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