During my experience in Yosemite
with my hiking group, I learned about
stewardship. We learned about stewardship by measuring the baby Sequoia
trees. It's an example of stewardship because you are taking care of
the environment to make sure it is a healthy and strong for today and
future generations to come. To record the height of the baby Sequoias,
we first took a GPS system and placed it at the bottom of the tree.
This recorded where the tree was so people on the future can use it to
find their way to the tree. The next thing that we did was to take a
measuring tape and measure the height and crown of the Sequoias; we
recorded this on the GPS system. After that we measured the diameter
and the circumference of the baby Sequoias, and also recorded it on the
GPS. This showed stewardship by helping people in the future to know
where baby Sequoias are so they can monitor how much they grow in a
couple of years. From this experience of stewardship, I have learned
that when you help the environment now, people will benefit from your
efforts in the future.
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