I Had My Toes in the Water, Butt in the Sand...

But now I got my toes in my shoes and my butt in a seat, soon to be a plane seat back to the continental US. Well on my last day, I spent the majority of it in the lab. I went to Greg’s lecture, where we finished soils and moved into the topic of erosion. In the lab I calculated the amounts of Enterococci bacteria in my wallow and non-wallow samples and found that what I had hypothesized was supported by this data; that the wallowed areas would have much higher levels of bacteria. I wrapped up my work in the lab and did a last but of clean up then I headed back to my room to finish packing. I have had such a great experience out here and have learned so much about soils and the effects of pigs on erosion in Hawaii, as well as general research science tips and tools. I know I will be able to use the skills I learned on this interim in the future even if I don’t go into the soil management field.