This week has been full of little surprises. Let me share them with you! First off, our team learned that we have been approved to buy a boat! It will be a sweet little river raft and we are preparing ourselves to dunk it right into the iron rich waters of the majestic Snake River… Read More

This weeks has been sort of an egg scramble, with lots of parts and pieces all jumbled together into one delicious meal. Friday my partner in crime and I went out again to the field where we saw iron precipitation, feral dogs, rivers running at 550cfs, and the slow but sure decaying out of our… Read More

Have you ever seen pictures of Acid Mine Drainage? If not, I encourage you to google that mess immediately. The pictures you will find might give you an idea of what my team and I discovered on our field trip last Friday. Here is a summary of the events that took place: After a nice… Read More

HELLO! I am writing from my new desk at the INSTAAR building. There is a window next to me and I can see cottonwood fluffs floating by. Right now it is lunch time and I am drinking my favorite raspberry kombucha with chia seeds. Earlier today I processed about 200 sample collecting bottles, both glass… Read More