{"id":354,"date":"2014-12-11T23:56:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T23:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/?page_id=354"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:05:28","slug":"theteam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/soils\/theteam\/","title":{"rendered":"The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tThe Team\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2026\/01\/20251022_112321-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"2702\"  src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-puyallup\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2026\/01\/20251022_112321-792x594.jpg\" alt=\"Four people holding 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