{"id":15698,"date":"2012-04-13T09:42:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T16:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=15698"},"modified":"2012-04-13T09:42:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T16:42:39","slug":"its-a-sandy-life-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=15698","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a sandy life for us!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now four weeks into my internship with the BLM down in the heart of the Mojave Desert in Needles, CA, it&#8217;s starting to get HOT! \u00a0And you know what that means . . . \u00a0the lizards are out!<\/p>\n<p>I am working on a occupancy study of the Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard, <em>Uma scoparia, <\/em>within the Needles Field Office<em>.<\/em>\u00a0First off, a little bit of the MFTL&#8217;s natural history: \u00a0The MFTL is an eolian sand specialist, living only on windblown dune complexes throughout the Mojave desert, and is a California Dept. of Fish &amp; Game species of special concern, and a BLM sensitive species. \u00a0These dune systems are\u00a0separated from each other, causing the species to be fragmented within it&#8217;s range, with virtually no chance of dispersal between systems. \u00a0A close relative, <em>U. inornata, <\/em>the Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard, is currently listed as threatened by US Fish &amp; Wildlife, and endangered by CA Fish &amp; Game.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Federal listing could be the fate of the MFTL if appropriate management actions are not taken!<\/p>\n<p>More to come as the project progresses and the desert heats up!<\/p>\n<p>Jeff<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15698 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=15700'><img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/uscopariasb5087-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=15701'><img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/uscopariasb5083-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=15703'><img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_0009-e1334202942972-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=15702'><img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_0012-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now four weeks into my internship with the BLM down in the heart of the Mojave Desert in Needles, CA, it&#8217;s starting to get HOT! \u00a0And you know what that means . . . \u00a0the lizards are out! 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