Cut and Plant

The Buried Treasure






Willow Poles

From Ezekiel, Indigo and Lucy:
Today we did something very exciting. We replanted willow sticks to protect the banks of the stream from erosion. Overgrazing had seriously damaged the stream. We used our research from yesterday to figure out which willow poles to cut and where to plant them. We almost found buried treasure, but it turned out just to be a old post buried underground (see above). We planted 40 willows along Cody Creek in the Conservation Research Center. After all the planting and cutting we got in the van and drove to the National Elk Refuge. When we got there, we saw mountain goats jumping from big rocks. We also saw a lot of bison. They were very interesting. Of course we saw elk. Then we got back to the campus and cleaned out the van. Some people cleaned boots. For dinner we had pizza and it was really good. After dinner we came back to our dorm and continued to play a card game called Caps (shown in top picture). The loud eighth graders had an early evening program so we had the living room in peace. Its really nice just to have the place to ourselves and be as loud as we want to! After the game, we are going to the evening program and we are going to have a debate about watersheds. For those kids on last year's field trip, Zeke, Scar and Indi, it might be like the town meeting in Glacier. We are giving a presentation to the eighth graders tomorrow. We will be talking about the research we gathered on Wednesday and Thursday. We will do it all together. It will be short and sweet (hopefully). We are all happy and having fun, so don't worry parents. We will be home safely and will see you soon!