After their removal, the park has focused on restoring plants and eliminating the invasive species. This is where SAMO youth comes into play. The program teaches them about planting, caring for, and understanding native plants. While this isn't my focus area the experience has taught me that my field is a holistic field and aspects such as native plants and animals have a larger effect on our understanding of the past, then we originally expect. While I don't think I'll have a chance such as this again the experience itself was one that helped put a lot of my career goals into perspective.