Paul Hendrix
A scientist who studies soils.
Non Forest Service
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My favorite science experience was conducting an earthworm survey in an old-growth Douglas-fir forest in Oregon. The air was cool and smelled like conifers. All we found were native earthworms under a thick forest floor that was covered with ferns, mushrooms, and slowly decaying logs. It was like walking back in time to the origins of the mountains, soils, and organisms that evolved there.
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