TZUTING CHAO

@SerenaZ401 Your first point is important! I believe some people might misunderstand the meaning of food sustainability and local organics.

Some of key take-aways from my research and internship: -consumers see food sustainability is synonymous with local organics -transparency of farm philosophy and interactions could raise brand awareness #ENVIR491

@gthomsenuw37 Me too! There are not many results I have now. Good luck with your internship afterward

My internship will continue for two more weeks so not a lot of results are in yet, however I can say that from the interviews a lot of environmental workers feel positive about the work they do. #ENVIR491

My key takeaways from my internship and research so far are: Himalayan Blackberry is an invasive noxious weed. Recovery of wetland can probably affect the value of housing property nearby. We can apply remote sensing techniques to control noxious weeds #ENVIR491

Everything would be done later tonight. Good luck to everyone🙏 #ENVIR491

@rheashinde2 Thx! I believe it's a little bit far from the campus. This restoration project is right next to Camp Second Chance

@JustinChao1127 Good luck! Is the restoration project close to campus?

Week 8 of the internship. Trying to look for someone interested in volunteering in wetland restoration.#ENVIR491

@fsstrz I see! Thx for the info!

@JustinChao1127 Hi Justin, the Western Red Cedar can be beneficial to wetlands by providing additional canopy cover, shade, natural water quality control and enhanced carbon sequestration through photosynthesis. #ENVIR491 #POEcap

A key takeway from my internship is that there are particular species plants that benefit salmon. For instance, red alders help to increase nutrient levels in soil such as nitrogen and phosphorus in addition to providing woody debris #ENVIR491 #POEcap

Shoutout to my site supervisor Grace Stiller (org: Weed Warriors) for giving me this opportunity to do wetland restoration with them. I have learned and experienced a lot of things.

@LynTampi @KCDNRP We're almost done... I need to take a short break🙏

I can't believe there's only one week left of my internship 😵‍💫 Thank you to Vicky Raya from @KCDNRP for hosting my internship! I've learned a lot about the SRFC section's work and hope to work with King County in the future!

@rheashinde2 There would always be some trash in the wetland, but tires are the first time…

@JustinChao1127 This is absolutely terrible! Is this the first time something like this has happened during your internship?

Just finished my week 7 internship yesterday. Someone dumped tires in my wetland area, which is really frustrating. Other members and I spent a lot of time moving them toward the road to ask governmental agencies to remove them. #ENVIR491

@gthomsenuw37 That's a good idea! I should tell my site supervisor about it next time

@JustinChao1127 Hey Justin that’s awful 😞. I wonder if a recycled/used tire place might also come and get them as they might appreciate used tires.

Shout out to Qingqing Zhao, who offers perspective on the wetlands restoration techniques dealing with different types of coastal wetlands. Though I am not doing coastal wetland restorations, I still found them useful. #ENVIR491

@shirley51723 I need to extend my internship as I need to renew my data every week to make my report look more persuasive🙏

#ENVIR491 does anyone thinking about extending the internship?

@shirley51723 Trying to catch up, but it's really hard…

#ENVIR491 Can't believe week 7 passed already! How's everyone doing on the capstone?

@lucyjtoner This is the toughest thing I've ever seen

Family Vacation during #ENVIR491 means annotated bibliography at the pool :(

@wetland_GHG Hi, what do you think might be a better way to evaluate whether the wetland areas are worth to be restored or not？ #ENVIR491 #wetland #restoration

@PalmerHolt7 @SecretaryPete I'm interested in whether EVs are the best way to slow down climate change

@SecretaryPete do you think public transit and urban densification are the best tools to reduce transit emissions, or are EVs the best solution to climate disaster? #ENVIR491 #climatebreakdown #WA #businessasusual #profitsoverpeople