The animals of the Salmon River Estuary
This is a field guide I created as part of my senior year internship we are encouraged to do at my high school, BASIS Tucson North. I interned under the camp name Cerberus (species name of my favorite snake, the Arizona Black Rattlesnake) as part field guide photographer, part staff assistant, and part camp counsellor at Camp Westwind of the Northwest Outdoor School near Otis, Oregon. It was my job to document the wildlife of the Salmon River Estuary to the best of my ability as well as help out around the camp and fill in as a counsellor during weeks where there weren’t many counsellors. The would endeavor was quite the adventure, as I had to drive up from the southernmost point of Arizona to the northwest coast of Oregon, after which I would spend a month and a half by myself. It was easily the most transformative time of my life. After returning home I spent the rest of my time finishing and printing the book while I presented my work at my school as the last thing I would do as a senior. The result of my efforts was the field guide below, which I had printed as a spiral bound book.
The goal of the field guide was to make it informative enough for adults but simple enough for kids. I chose an easy layout and large text to make the book easier to read in rough conditions, as it is always raining in the pacific northwest. The covers were laminated for water resistance and it was spiral bound to increase durability and flexibility.
