Fire and Hemlock

History of land: In 1889 when Seattle began to take ownership of the watershed, about 3000 acres of timber had already been logged (seattle.gov). Sometime between 1650 and 1675 a large fire sweep through the area about 1600 feet elevation, by 1900 the upper forest was over 250 years old and consisted of fir, hemlock, and small amounts of cedar and spruce (seattle.gov). Between 1900 and 1924 a lot of

This book is told from the diary of the main character, Sam Gribley. Sam is a boy full of determination. He didn’t give up and go home like everyone thought he would. He is strong of mind. After the first night in the freezing rain, with no fire and no food, he still went on. He is a born survivor. He lasted the winter, through storms, hunger, and loneliness, and came out on top even when everyone expected him to fail. “The land is no place for a Gribley” p. 9 The story starts out with

1.) When an organism faces a phenotypic trade off, it means where the energy an organism is willing to allocate to. For example, an animal with genotype of a horse, it might become larger but slower in running speed, or smaller and run faster. 2.) Phenotypic plasticity is the capacity for an individual to adapt to the changing environment. Phenotypic plasticity is the most adaptive when organisms encounter variable environments. Being able to turn on genes or turn off in response to a particular

Foley Township is established in 1866. The Township is named after the Honourable Michael Hamilton Foley, an MP from Waterloo. He was born in Sligo, Ireland and brought to Canada at the age of two. In Simcoe and Brantford he worked as a journalist before being elected to Parliament representing Waterloo. He was known to be a very vigorous speaker. During the administration of Sir John A. Macdonald he was the Postmaster-General. The earliest settlers in Foley are William Wilcox, Thomas McGown, William

built using Eastern Hemlock. A Northern white cedar sauna was the most preferred construction. For more than 300 years white cedar was used to line the cedar chests that people store their clothes in. When the clothes were taken from the chest they had the great fresh cedar smell that we all enjoyed. A cedar sauna also provides same great aroma as it was heated. Frequently the sauna stove was fueled with white cedar kindling. A cedar fire will snap loudly and quickly give a hot fire heating the cedar

Time travel! The words entered Doctor Melilot’s head, turning around like the wheels on a racing car. For the first time ever, he was about to embark on a journey back in time; well, seventy-five years, six days and eight hours to be precise. And what would he find on the other side of the Chalk Gate? Would the air taste different perhaps; clearer and crisper? Or would he smell cordite and burning flesh? Would bullets whistle past his ears? Would he need to duck for cover? After all, he was travelling

a disturbance, which is defined in this case as an event that causes mortality. Forest succession is a natural process, and a lot of the time the disturbance is also. In the past, natural disturbances including lightning strikes and resulting fires, winds, tornadoes, disease and insects, ice, and storms. However, as settlers began moving westward through untouched areas, they started

Do military dogs go to heaven? “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare was a dramatic play, centered around betrayal, amicide and tyranny. A once noble was tainted by greed. His hands left blood stains on everyone he came across. Evil spread like a plaque inside Macbeth. Did he ever find salvation ? In the opening of “Macbeth,” Macbeth was a very distinguished war hero. His heart was pure, and his murders in battle were praised. His kills were justifiable acts, still cold in nature. From battle

changed? In the 1970’s homes were almost made to prevent the spread of fire. The National Fire Protection Association or NFPA were making stronger codes and stricter standers for homes. Today they are still in effect, but a fire in today’s home can spread five times quicker. The reason why today’s home catches on fire quicker is how the house is made of, the house layout, the furniture in the home, and how to prevent such a fire. In 1970’s homes were not made with engineered lumber. Engineered lumber

lose there life because of the weather and there is not enough oxygen to breathe. Landscape The landscape on Mount Everest is biophysical and elements within the landscapes are natural. At the bottom of the mountain there is a forest of pines and hemlock trees. At the bottom of the mountain there is a home to many animals like deer, wild goats and rabbits. At the top of the mount there is not a lot of oxygen and therefore there is not any animals that live up there. Higher up in the mountain the trees