July 10, 2019 (TUESDAY)
HELLO, MY NAME US PRISCILLA WILLIAMS, I GO TO WHITE SWAN HIGH SCHOOL, I AM GOING INTO MY SENIOR YEAR. TODAY IS MY FIRST DAY OF BRING WITH "PEOPLE OF THE BIG RIVER" TODAY WE WOKE UP PRETTY EARLY, WE WOKE UP AT 6:00am. AMELIA AND I DIDN'T GET MUCH SLEEP BECAUSE WE ARRIVED AT CAMP WITH THE OTHER STUDENTS AROUND 1:00AM. AND JESSICA HAD ALREADY SET OUR TENT UP FOR AMELIA AND I SO WE HAD TO GET OUR BAGS AND PUT THEM IN THE TENT.
AT 7:30- 8:00AM. WE WENT TO THE WARM SPRINGS FIRE MANAGEMENT AND THERE WE MET A GUY NAMED BRAD DONAHUE, HE WAS IN CHARGE OF FUELS, PROJECTS ON AND OFF THE RESERVATION, HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE THE #2 COMPLEXITY IN THE U.S.
THE FIRE MANAGEMENT HAS A 20 PERSON HOT SHOT CREW (THEY WERE IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA FIGHTING FIRE). THEY ALSO HAS A 20 PERSON ENGINE CREW.
BRAD STARTED FIREFIGHTING AT THE AGE OF 16, HE DIDN'T GO ON HIS FIRST FIRE UNTIL HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD. HIS LONGEST SHIFT WAS 46 HOURS IN 1996.
BOB SJOLUND IS THE FUELS PLANNER AT THE FIRE MANAGEMENT. BOB STARTED OUT AS A STRUCTURE FIREFIGHTER. HE TALKED ABOUT THE RESERVATION AND SHOWED US THE MAP OF THE WHOLE RESERVATION AND WHERE ALL THE TIMBER GROWS.
THEY SOON TOOK US TO THREE DIFFERENT SITES. ONE IS WHERE THEY THINNED THE TREES OUT (CUT OUT ALL THE TREES THAT WON'T GET ANY BIGGER, BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A BIG GROUP OF TREES TOGETHER THEY ARE ALL FIGHTING FOR NUTRIENTS AND WATER THEY NEED). HE ALSO TOOK US TO WHERE THEY'VE DONE A PRESCRIBED FIRE. A PRESCRIBED FIRE IS WHEN THEY BURN TREES, BUSHES ETC. ON PURPOSE TO MAKE IT GROW BETTER THE NEXT YEAR
JULY 11TH. 2019 ( WEDNESDAY)
TODAY WE MET A GUY NAMED CLAUD SMITH. HE WORKED AT THE WARM SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT AS A TIMBER SALE MANAGER. HE HAS WORKED THERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. HE HAS GRADUATED FROM OREGON STATE IN 2009.
HE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES, HE ALSO TOOK US TO THREE DIFFERENT SITES, ONE WAS LOGGING #80. THERE WE GOT TO SEE HOW A "SKITTER" WORKS. A SKITTER IS A BIG TRACTOR THAT GRABS THE TREES AND TAKES THEM TO THE STROKER. WE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT SOME OF THE MACHINES THEY USE. ONE OF THEM IS THE SKITTER, THE OTHERS ARE THE STROKER, AND THE SHOVEL.
A STROKER CUTTS OFF ALL THE LIMBS AND CUTTS IT THE LENGTH THEY WANT IT TO BE BEFORE THEY SEND IT TO THE . HE ALSO MENTIONED THE YOUNGEST WORKER IS 42 YEARS OLD.
AFTER LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MACHINES, YEVETT TOOK US TO LOOK AT THE WAY THEY STACK THE WOOD AFTER GETTING CUT DOWN. THERE IS A GUY WHO IS CALLED "THE TEEPEE MAN" BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE STACKS IT. IT LOOKS LIKE A TEEPEE.
YEVETT WAS A REALLY NICE LADY AMELIA AND I RODE WITH HER TO ALL THE LOCATIONS WE WENT TO. SHE TALKED TO US ABOUT HER BOOK SHES WRITING (THE BOOK IS ABOUT BIRDS), AND SHE ALSO "HYPED US UP" ABOUT WOMENS RIGHTS, AND HOW A WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING A MAN CAN DO. FOR EXAPLE FIREFIGHTING, SOME THINK WOMEN ARE ONLY GOOD FOR CAMP CREW BUT WOMEN CAN ACTUALLY BE OUT THERE FIGHTING THE FIRE WITH THE MEN, SHE ALSO SAID THAT WHEN WOMEN GO OUT AND DO WHAT MEN DO SOME MAY GET INTIMIDATED BY HER.
AFTER LUNCH TIME WE WENT TO THE WARM SPRINGS MUSEUM, AND MET SOME OF THE ELDERS FROM THERE AND THEY TOLD US SOME STORIES. THEY WERE SO OPEN TO SHARING THEIR STORIES WITH US. ONCE WE WALKED THREW THOSE DOORS THEY HAD JUST GOT DONE TALKING AMONGST EACH OTHER THEN WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES AND SAID WHAT WE WERE THERE FOR. THEY ALL HAD SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND IT WAS SO NICE FOR THEM TO BE SO WELCOMING AND TEACHING US MORE ABOUT THEIR TRADITIONS, LANGUAGES,AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO. AT THE END THEY CLOSED US IN A WASHUT SONG. AND SHOOK SOME OF THE ELDERS HANDS.
HELLO, MY NAME US PRISCILLA WILLIAMS, I GO TO WHITE SWAN HIGH SCHOOL, I AM GOING INTO MY SENIOR YEAR. TODAY IS MY FIRST DAY OF BRING WITH "PEOPLE OF THE BIG RIVER" TODAY WE WOKE UP PRETTY EARLY, WE WOKE UP AT 6:00am. AMELIA AND I DIDN'T GET MUCH SLEEP BECAUSE WE ARRIVED AT CAMP WITH THE OTHER STUDENTS AROUND 1:00AM. AND JESSICA HAD ALREADY SET OUR TENT UP FOR AMELIA AND I SO WE HAD TO GET OUR BAGS AND PUT THEM IN THE TENT.
AT 7:30- 8:00AM. WE WENT TO THE WARM SPRINGS FIRE MANAGEMENT AND THERE WE MET A GUY NAMED BRAD DONAHUE, HE WAS IN CHARGE OF FUELS, PROJECTS ON AND OFF THE RESERVATION, HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE THE #2 COMPLEXITY IN THE U.S.
THE FIRE MANAGEMENT HAS A 20 PERSON HOT SHOT CREW (THEY WERE IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA FIGHTING FIRE). THEY ALSO HAS A 20 PERSON ENGINE CREW.
BRAD STARTED FIREFIGHTING AT THE AGE OF 16, HE DIDN'T GO ON HIS FIRST FIRE UNTIL HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD. HIS LONGEST SHIFT WAS 46 HOURS IN 1996.
BOB SJOLUND IS THE FUELS PLANNER AT THE FIRE MANAGEMENT. BOB STARTED OUT AS A STRUCTURE FIREFIGHTER. HE TALKED ABOUT THE RESERVATION AND SHOWED US THE MAP OF THE WHOLE RESERVATION AND WHERE ALL THE TIMBER GROWS.
THEY SOON TOOK US TO THREE DIFFERENT SITES. ONE IS WHERE THEY THINNED THE TREES OUT (CUT OUT ALL THE TREES THAT WON'T GET ANY BIGGER, BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A BIG GROUP OF TREES TOGETHER THEY ARE ALL FIGHTING FOR NUTRIENTS AND WATER THEY NEED). HE ALSO TOOK US TO WHERE THEY'VE DONE A PRESCRIBED FIRE. A PRESCRIBED FIRE IS WHEN THEY BURN TREES, BUSHES ETC. ON PURPOSE TO MAKE IT GROW BETTER THE NEXT YEAR
JULY 11TH. 2019 ( WEDNESDAY)
TODAY WE MET A GUY NAMED CLAUD SMITH. HE WORKED AT THE WARM SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT AS A TIMBER SALE MANAGER. HE HAS WORKED THERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. HE HAS GRADUATED FROM OREGON STATE IN 2009.
HE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES, HE ALSO TOOK US TO THREE DIFFERENT SITES, ONE WAS LOGGING #80. THERE WE GOT TO SEE HOW A "SKITTER" WORKS. A SKITTER IS A BIG TRACTOR THAT GRABS THE TREES AND TAKES THEM TO THE STROKER. WE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT SOME OF THE MACHINES THEY USE. ONE OF THEM IS THE SKITTER, THE OTHERS ARE THE STROKER, AND THE SHOVEL.
A STROKER CUTTS OFF ALL THE LIMBS AND CUTTS IT THE LENGTH THEY WANT IT TO BE BEFORE THEY SEND IT TO THE . HE ALSO MENTIONED THE YOUNGEST WORKER IS 42 YEARS OLD.
AFTER LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MACHINES, YEVETT TOOK US TO LOOK AT THE WAY THEY STACK THE WOOD AFTER GETTING CUT DOWN. THERE IS A GUY WHO IS CALLED "THE TEEPEE MAN" BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE STACKS IT. IT LOOKS LIKE A TEEPEE.
YEVETT WAS A REALLY NICE LADY AMELIA AND I RODE WITH HER TO ALL THE LOCATIONS WE WENT TO. SHE TALKED TO US ABOUT HER BOOK SHES WRITING (THE BOOK IS ABOUT BIRDS), AND SHE ALSO "HYPED US UP" ABOUT WOMENS RIGHTS, AND HOW A WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING A MAN CAN DO. FOR EXAPLE FIREFIGHTING, SOME THINK WOMEN ARE ONLY GOOD FOR CAMP CREW BUT WOMEN CAN ACTUALLY BE OUT THERE FIGHTING THE FIRE WITH THE MEN, SHE ALSO SAID THAT WHEN WOMEN GO OUT AND DO WHAT MEN DO SOME MAY GET INTIMIDATED BY HER.
AFTER LUNCH TIME WE WENT TO THE WARM SPRINGS MUSEUM, AND MET SOME OF THE ELDERS FROM THERE AND THEY TOLD US SOME STORIES. THEY WERE SO OPEN TO SHARING THEIR STORIES WITH US. ONCE WE WALKED THREW THOSE DOORS THEY HAD JUST GOT DONE TALKING AMONGST EACH OTHER THEN WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES AND SAID WHAT WE WERE THERE FOR. THEY ALL HAD SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND IT WAS SO NICE FOR THEM TO BE SO WELCOMING AND TEACHING US MORE ABOUT THEIR TRADITIONS, LANGUAGES,AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO. AT THE END THEY CLOSED US IN A WASHUT SONG. AND SHOOK SOME OF THE ELDERS HANDS.
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