Did you like the contrast?
Oh, it was no problem for me. I have to think of the group experience, though. They were not able to buy milk, call a spouse, or get a newspaper. The store at Mazama, however, allows them to buy a coffee in the morning if they don’t have time to make it, take a shower, get gas. To get a group from Grants Pass to camp at Mazama is easier than getting a group from Grants Pass to Lost Creek.
Working with Gary Larson and Mark Buktenica and Scott Girdner on the trend studies in the chemistry lab, and then leading the field studies in August—those are my two connections with the park right now. I’m working on a third connection, which would involves having the Park Service sponsor students doing some stream studies. I have a crew of students here with me doing some work for the Forest Service. What is know about the park’s streams right now is mostly confined to the eastside, and what I’m offering Mark is some work on Westside streams.
Like for Copeland Creek and Bybee Creek?
That work hasn’t been done. Scott is probably more interested than Mark right now, in doing some preliminary surveys. These initial surveys might point out some hotspots where more research will be needed.
