Week 8: Stressful Week

This week was extremely stressful! Towards the beginning of the week I was making great progress on my survey. I had developed strong questions, and continued with my research. I was then working on recreating graphs and maps that focused on where the problem is. I also researched how Quinault actually tests for fecal contamination. It is a complex process, but basically the following tests are done; a Systematic Random Sampling, field sampling, and laboratory methods. This part of the week was great, and then I needed to e-mail Joe who works over in Quinault. I wanted to see which areas I could administer my survey, but it turns out there had been a misunderstanding and Joe did not want us to conduct a survey at all. It has been difficult to work on this project just because everyone is extremely busy, and at very different places. Through out this project I have learned how hard it is to work collaboratively. I will hopefully be meeting with Bill on Monday, so that we can work out some of these problems. It is going to be a VERY busy next two weeks.