Hello from Cedarville, CA! My Internship is focused on the Seeds of Success program and this is the first year for BLM Surprise. So far I have shipped three collections and as of this posting there will be 5 more to be shipped next Monday. So far my favorite is Idaho Fescue which was the easiest to collect and painless as well. I learned first hand about Needle & Thread! Balsamroot was okay and smelled great too but the bugs hanging out in the foliage were almost too much to bear. As of this writing we collected Indian Ricegrass and Thurber’s needlegrass bringing our collection total to 8! I also have been doing some Rangeland Monitoring and went out with the Archaeology Tech once as well. It was with the latter that I saw my first Wild Mustangs so I was thrilled about that. As beautiful as Northeastern California and Nortwestern Nevada are I will be glad to spend some time away next week in San Francisco and visiting friends in Humboldt County!

Wild Mustangs

Idaho Fescue

Hairy Balsamroot