Hello All!

It has been about 2 ½ months and over 800 pictures since my first blog. A lot has happened since. I have gotten to know almost everyone in my field office. They’re some of the best people I have ever worked with! I have seen parts of Wyoming not many people in Kemmerer have ever seen before. That is thanks to the 160 miles of hiking (and counting). My G.I.S. project is rolling and I have digitized over 560,000 acres of the field office. The crazy part about it is that I am only about 1/3 of the way finished! I have already finished one of my projects and I am very proud about it too. We had to go to 30+ oil pad sites and collect data for the final reclamation. In the beginning it took my partner and I about 2 hours per site. By the time we finished, she and I had each site finished in 50 minutes (thanks to our growing knowledge of western flora).

The amazing view from inside Raymond Canyon in the Smithsfork Allotment in the Kemmerer BLM Field Office.

Myself digitizing the perimeter of the disturbed area with a Trimble geoXT at one of the sites for the oil reclamations.

Myself at Shoshone Point for the Grand Canyon Workshop

The days are now getting shorter, I have to wear my winter jacket in the morning (only to work in shed layers throughout the day), and everyone is telling me snow will start soon. But, as for the rest of my time here in Kemmerer, Wyoming, so far September is booked solid….I don’t mind at all.

Larry Ashton
Kemmerer, WY
BLM