Day 5:
POBR2015 Late morning on the campground, of course lunch in between; Celilo
Village/Longhouse:
On our
way to the Village we stopped at Safeway for some much needed updates from
notebooks to our actual BLOG… Most of my time was spent updating all the FB
sites that I have been nominated to maintain updates. I am the Administrator
for the FB Page Environmental Programs Heritage University page, sooo, what
this means is the updates you see on this page is thanks to yours truly. If you
have not seen the page, please go and like that page and make a few comments
bad or good, constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.
Job
completed with the little connectivity to our disposable (FB Environmental page that is, not my BLOGS)… Which was very SLOW
internet, regardless the task was completed. Which provided a few minutes to
catch up on my WORD document records (documentation of my records about this
environmental science class).
Upon
arrival to Celilo Village, our speakers was present to greet us and showed us
where to go. We as students were not prepared for the first 3 speakers, which
was brief yet informative. To be honest, I just wanted to take a shower because
we did not shower the last few days… Feeling very greasy… I think the campfire
last night hid the smell of our stench (haha).
Inside,
the discussions began from our Longhouse officials. The information emphasized
much on the Lamphrey Eel, the logic on everything from the pheromones released
from the Males that attract the females, how the Eels burrow into the sand and
do not develop eyes until it is an adult. Lamphrey Eels really have no way to
protect itself against predators. After it is an adult, the Eel travels to the
Sea and latches onto other sea life, other large sea traveling animals such as
Whales, Sharks. And that is the lifecycle of an Lamphrey Eel.
Upon the
arrival of Mr. Paul Lumley, he provided a lot of information about the
Columbia, the Dams, the Fishes, about Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commision (CRITFC) which sounds like a flexible career. What stood out the most
about Mr. Lumley was his abundant information and background, very impressive.
Mr. Lumley provided some insight on his struggles as a high school student and
some challenges going to college.
Basically
being at the right place at the right time as far as careers go, such a
blessing to have experience as this man. He worked for the government on
certain projects in Washington D.C.
All of
the material Mr. Lumley provided was extremely detailed, I am truly impressed
by a professional person as he is… I don’t know but this visit seemed a bit on
a last minute detail, but overall everyone fit their schedule in and provided
their knowledge with great detail.
After the
discussion, we commenced on the abstraction of invasive species (aka pulling
weeds), of course I did not pack gloves so I began helping without gloves… And
of course someone gets pulled away from their duty to do something else so YAY,
I get a pair of gloves.
I handed
Mrs. Graciela Black my camera, because really the camera is my records keeper… It seems
difficult to remember everything if I cannot take pictures but afterwards, I
had an opportunity to take some amazing pictures… Here are a few….
I am still learning all the functions on my camera. Here are a few, I hope you enjoy these moments captured from a few different points of view.
These three are a couple of my new friends, what a great late night pic of our adventure!
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