Aug. 29, 2023 This week was another fun and exciting week at Starker Forests consisting of stream surveys, timber cruising and firefighting. Monday, I did stream surveys with Joseph. This one...
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Lightning touched down igniting forest fires
Aug. 26, 2023 After a week like last week, this week was very nice and Friday was very different from most of our days. Very early Friday morning thunder and lightning struck across the valley...
Dry streams and overgrown paths make surveys a challenge
Aug. 22, 2023 Every week presents new challenges and this last week seemed long for all of us interns albeit in different ways. Monday started normal enough and Joseph and I went to tackle stream...
If it could go wrong, it did this week
Aug. 18, 2023 This week has been a little unbelievable. Each day felt like a whole week by itself and that wasn’t a good thing. Unfortunately, I had bad luck until Thursday. On Monday I...
Peeled trees a mark of bear activity
Aug. 14, 2023 This week was, as usual, a great week to work in the woods. A change in plan diverted us interns from our stream survey project to conduct important work outside of Newport, Oregon. A...
Forestry doesn’t get boring
August 10, 2023 Once again, a full week. We had a lot of variety as we went out and did different things with Lys, Reese and Stephen. On Monday, Anthony, Sabrina and I went out to the coast...
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