WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.000 music 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.000 So today, Matt, you're going to be working on 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.000 the tin checks and the time constrainted searches. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.000 looking for the vertebrates and the amphibians. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:13.000 We've done some of the sites but we've got some yet to go 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:15.000 and we'll run through which sites to do. 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:19.000 And the two of you, Zephyr & Jessica, we're going to be 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:22.000 woking together on doing some pulling of canopy samples. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:24.000 Trying to bring down the canopy samples 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.000 and then measure them for their water stress levels. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.000 Are there any questions? No, I don't think so. 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.000 Alright, awesome. Matt, you're headed that way 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:34.000 The rest of us are headed this way. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.000 We're at Tampico Ridge which is about 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.000 20 miles south of Western Oregon University. 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.000 And it's in the heart of the Oak/Cascadia ecosystem 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:48.000 which stretches along the West Coast of North America 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.000 from Northern California to British Columbia. 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:56.000 So what I'm doing right now is I'm tying a noose to this lead weight 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.000 that we're going to launch up into the canopy. 00:00:59.000 --> 00:00:65.000 Three...Two...One...Got it! 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:10.000 So the research we're doing here is trying to understand the ecosystem 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:14.000 and all of the endemic and important species 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.000 and biodiversity that lives here in this ecosystem. 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.000 So this land was historically the home of the 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:24.000 Kalapuya and Lukiamute people who cared for this ecosystem. 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:29.000 Over the last 100 years, this ecosystem has declined by over 90%. 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:34.000 We now have 5-10% of this oak habitat left. 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:42.000 And all of the endemic biodiversity is in danger from the loss of this habitat. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:43.000 Samples! 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:46.000 So there's a lot of different types of samples that we 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.000 collect out here, ranging from trees to animals. 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:53.000 music 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.000 I'm going to start by doing the sweep net so... 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:60.000 I like being a part of this research because it's hands-on. 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000 And I do enjoy being outdoors a lot. 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.000 So the next step is to fish out 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.000 the ones that are big enough to input in a jar. 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.000 I typically like to use my hands but you can use tweezers. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.000 And these are already processed samples from the lab. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:22.000 And they are individual invertebrates put into their designated families. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:27.000 As a pre-med student, I am very excited to learn more about the invertebrates 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:31.000 mainly because there are a lot of tie-ins. 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.000 music 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:38.000 Hey guys, how's the collecting going? 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.000 Pretty good. Did you get em all? 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:46.000 It think so. Alright, I'm ready for em. Alright. 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:47.000 Here's the first sample. 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:52.000 Where's this one from? Woodland Road 10-L. 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.000 And we're going to make a small cut of one of the leaves, 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:60.000 right at the node of the bud here. 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:04.000 Then we're going to put it into the pressure chamber. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.000 Okay so now we're going to increase the pressure in the chamber 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.000 to see when water will come out of the end of the cut petiole. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:20.000 This research has taught me how to be a wildlife biologist 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:24.000 and how to speak publicly with other biologists about the work I've been doing. 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.000 I know it's definitely not for everybody being able to be out in the wilderness. 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:30.000 Hear the birds chirp, hear the trees crack. Everything. 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.000 I like being out in the wilderness. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:34.000 If it's for you, you'll love it out here. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.000 I am just so excited to be out here studying the ecosystem, 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:42.000 immersing myself in it with our Western students. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.000 And helping them fall in love with both the ecosystem they live in 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.000 and the process of doing science.