Tracy Wiegner
A scientist who studies the movement of chemical elements,
such as carbon and nitrogen, through marine and freshwater aquatic ecosystems. These scientists also study how chemical elements relate to and become a part of living
things over time.
Non Forest Service
My favorite science experience was hiking along the Waipi‘o Valley rim in the cloud forest to collect samples from the streams dropping into the valley. I lay in the streambed on my stomach and looked over the waterfall cliff into the valley below (hundreds of feet). It was breathtaking. The stream was also beautiful. It was a blackwater stream and the water looked like concentrated iced tea. The streambank was lined with brilliant green moss and the riparian forest was comprised of pygmy ohia trees. This stream is one of the prettiest I have ever seen.
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