Day 3


7/9/18
           Today we went to the White Salmon Field Office, where we met Jeanette Burkhardt. She showed us the White Salmon River, where we got to see raft boats go through there, but unfortunately they didn’t go through the crazier and possibly a little dangerous yet fun looking side where there was mini waterfalls.
            Then we also got to see where Condit Dam used to be as construction started in 1912 and finished in 1913. It was taken down in May, 2013, but it was collapsed slowly over a year because all the sediment would kill all the fish downstream. So I thought it was pretty cool when she talked about how they rescued the fish that were downstream and moved upstream so that they wouldn’t be harmed. I never thought that there was so much to learn about the fish in the river because I thought most of the important work done with fishes was in the ocean.
              At Underwood, we got to meet Chief Johnny Jackson. When I heard his story of how he was trying to preserve the land he lived in, it was interesting to hear because it made me realize that we all have to work together to take care of our environment so that it can still be there for future generations. Not only that, I want my career to allow me to take care of the animals and make sure they are doing well, including the environment that they live in.

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