Human Blog 4: Multifaceted differences concerning forest management between in USA and China

After several days of scientific research, the American state of Washington left a deep impression on us. At the same time, as Human Group, we also have a deep reflection on the phenomenon we observe. After careful sorting, we were interested in the differences in forest management policies between the United States and China,…

August 27, 2019

Goodbye and safe travels!

Ten days, over a 1000 miles, lots of learning, pictures and stories! It was wonderful to host this amazing group of Nanjing Univeristy young scholars. Thank you Jonathan and Megan for everything that you do to make this happen!!! Looking forward to reading the final, 4th, blog post from each group once you are back…

Geology Blog 3: Topography and Earthquakes

Today was exciting for us as we got a tour of Seattle! Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the fastest-growing major city and the most livable city in United States. We started from the university of Washington. Our bus tour…

Ecology Blog 3: A live ecology class at Hoh temperate rain forest

In the third blog by ecology group, we will introduce something we have learned in the Hoh temperate rain forest. We had a great ecology class there, given by Joseph Murray from JMurray Forestry and Precision Forestry Cooperative (PFC) Board Member. In our last blog, we wrote about winds and the fallen trees. We…

Human Blog 3: Forest bathing, a new way of therapy

On the 8th day of our journey, we went to the University of Washington Arboretum, and experienced ”Cascadia Forest Therapy”. For most of us, it was the first time to step into a forest and spend a wonderful time in it, to be invited to it, to accept, to change, and do whatever you…

August 26, 2019

Lidar of the trees, the wetlands, the streams…

We were able to get the backpack lidar that utilizes a SLAM algorithm out into the field during the workshop. Here are Shenghua Wan and Qifeng Wan using the lidar backpack and check out the point cloud below! We also were able to demonstrate how you can model the canopy cover above a…

Capturing the workshop from the air

We had an opportunity to use a drone at a few locations along the trip. The workshop participants unfurled their school banner at the University of Washington’s Pack Forest for a quick fly by and then some more candid footage was caught of the participants exploring the Sooes river where the river flowed into Makah…

August 25, 2019

Human Blog 2: Deforestation

As the Human Group, we continue our study concerning the interactions between forests and humans. This time, we will look at another important part of forest disturbance, deforestation. We made the video below summarizing some of our thought and ideas about this topic. The different types of land ownership in the USA have different forest management…

Ecology Blog 2: Fallen with the wind

Here comes the second blog by the ecology group！ We have had a good time walking in the Hoh Temperate Rain Forest in the Olympic National Park, with Joseph Murray from JMurray Forestry and Precision Forestry Cooperative (PFC) Board Member. He told us about the impact of the 1921 Great Olympic Blowdown in this…

Geology Blog 2: Unveiling the landscapes of the Olympic Peninsula

This is the second blog by the geology group. The day we set off for the Olympic Natural Resource Center (ONRC), We felt a little bittersweet because we would say goodbye to Pack Forest but we would get to see the Olympic Peninsula! After a 4 hour drive, we finally reached Ruby beach. From the…

August 21, 2019

Human Blog 1: Wildfire and prescribed fire

Hello, we are the group focusing on human issues. Our group members are: Napher, Paul, Yita, Steven and Rose. As the Human Group, we would like to study the relationship between the forest and humans while we are in Washington. We made the video below summarizing some of our thought and ideas about this topic,…

Ecology Blog 1: Exploring wetlands at Mt. Rainier National Park (Paradise Area)

Hello！We are from the ecology group, our first blog is about wetlands. We finished the blog together and everyone wrote a part of it. First we visited Paradise Visitor Center at Mount Rainier National Park, and learned about social trials from Dr. Monika Moskal. Then Dr. Meghan Halabisky from University of Washington (UW) and…