Sebastian, Jonah and Evan spent three weeks conducting field research and collecting samples in the Little Deschutes River and broader Cascades region for a variety of different wildfire, weathering and carbon cycle-related projects in collaboration with the Torres lab at Rice U. and the Blättler lab at U. Chicago.

Evan and Sebastian sampling water from the Little Deschutes River (Photo: Kly Suquino, U. Chicago)

Jonah and Sebastian on the trail next to the Crooked River (Photo: Kly Suquino, U. Chicago)

Jonah and Sebastian at the Beachie Creek Burn Scar (Photo: Kly Suquino, U. Chicago)

Evan and Jonah taking suspended sediment samples on the Little Deschutes River (Photo: Miriam Gammerman, Rice U.)