I started off this month by visiting my family in Boise, which was much needed! I saw Hozier as well as got to spend a lot of quality time with my family.

Field work has started to slow down, and Dean and I drove around to some of our seed sites and collected from the late season seeders (Eriogonum nudum, Epilobium canum, and Ericameria bloomeri). We got of ton of seeds from all of our populations and are super excited to get them all packaged up to send to the Bend Seed Extractory!

I’ve really been enjoying California; this state is so diverse, it’s amazing! I went with the north zone botanists, Iris and Chelsea, to Monterey for the weekend to explore the area and see the aquarium, which was fantastic!

Then, back to Pollock Pines! We are cleaning up our data as well as packaging seeds for shipment. We are still collecting seeds when we can, but most of our plants are wrapping up their seeding for the 2024 season. Iris and I also went to see Kacey Musgraves!!

Time has flown by! Onto the last month of my internship!