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Julia Seiple
Environmental Studies Major
Life on the Elwha
Thanks to my Lynk funding, I was able to intern with the National Park Service, specifically on the Elwha Revegetation Project in the Olympic National Park. During my time there I was mentored by a Mount Holyoke Alum named Laurel Moulton. One of the main goals of the project was to restore salmon's natural habitat and return the river to its natural state. To aid in this project I worked with the revegetation crew on either monitoring projects or in the greenhouse and nursery, with the goal of cultivating native species around segments of the river that were disturbed by dam removal. In my presentation, I hope to show you the wonders of the Olympic National Park, as well as the transformative powers of revegetation and conservation.