Faculty Advisor

Dr David Rossiter

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Keywords

Internship

Abstract

This Earth Day work party was the culmination of seven months of preparation, primarily b􀁜 We􀁖􀁗e􀁕􀁑􀂶􀁖 LEAD (Learning, Environment, Action, Discovery) program but also involving other local restoration groups. As an intern at LEAD, I had been involved in most of the work, from hours at the worksite removing nonnative plants and some truly baffling trash (including several car parts, an old coffee maker, and a kayak paddle) to early morning meetings debating how many cubic yards of compost we needed to adequately amend the soil. I joined the LEAD team as one of four undergraduate interns hired in September, 2022, by Ava Stone and Brandon McWilliams, the graduate students co-directing the LEAD program. Over the next three quarters, we planned and implemented a large-scale restoration project at a degraded campus site using the Miyawaki Method, a unique approach to afforestation. It has been applied successfully throughout the world 􀁗􀁒 c􀁕ea􀁗e 􀂳􀁐i􀁑i-f􀁒􀁕e􀁖􀁗􀁖􀂴 but remains relatively unknown in the Pacific Northwest.

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English

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