Erin gets excited about a soil texture sample

Sophia resorts to a walking stick to help her climb a difficult hill

Erin examines the soil in search of arthropods

Sophia sifts through handfuls of soil, all for the sake of a few arthropods

Katrina uses a high-tech GPS device to figure out where in the world we are

Erin and Katrina get to work in the lab

Lauren pensively records data in her very organized lab book

Sophia presents a lovely earthworm (discovered during the quadrat 2 arthropod test)

Gotta love the famous precipitate (Potassium test)

Sophia, Lauren, and Erin toil in the field, taking soil samples

Our group checking for arthropods in the soil of our challenging site

Everyone!

Lauren gathers supplies in preparation for the grueling marathon of tests that lies ahead

Scooping wet soil into Uhlig extractors. Fun!