Day Three: Today we woke up at 6:00 AM to get a head start of the day. Helped with setting up breakfast for everyone. We got on the road around 7:45 AM, we made our way to the MT. Adams around, to a place called Swamp creek. We met up with some Tribal workers and a retired tribal employee, there names were Doug Olney, he is the retired tribal employee he used to work in natural resources, Gerard Foley habitat biologist and fisheries research at Yakama Nation, John Washines he works as a tech for Yakama Nation for 12 years, Patrick Hayden he has been working in the field for 15 years, Jeanette Burkhart she has been with the tribe for 20 years and loves everything about plants. everyone of them is amazing at their job. we worked on the beaver enhancements. We made makeshift beaver dams, don't know if they live up to beaver standards but they will have to do. We had lunch around 1o'clock for about a half an hour, then got back to work. We cut some trees down and dragged them a ways and made bump stops to slow the flow of the water, it was very physical labor, it reminds me of my job working in forestry. 

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