{"id":15891,"date":"2012-04-24T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=15891"},"modified":"2012-04-24T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:26:09","slug":"arizona-desert-fish-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=15891","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Desert Fish Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=15900\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15900\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_00032-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_00032-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_00032-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_00032-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_00032-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>Deserts are charming to those who know how to see them <\/em>\u2013John Muir <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">When I first arrived in southeastern Arizona, I was a bit dulled by the vast barren landscape of the desert. But after spending the past month here, I have learned a new found appreciation for this delicate region of the arid west and its dependence on aquatic systems. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">My internship has allowed me to study in two of the greatest assemblages of native fish in Arizona including Bonita and Aravaipa Creek. \u00a0These two systems are home to several threatened and endangered fish species including the Loach Minnow, Spikedace, Gila chub, and Gila Topminnow. \u00a0Recently, I have had the opportunity to participate and work with these species as part of an ongoing species composition and relative abundance survey. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Also, as a part of my internship, my team and I are working to restore several wetland habitats located within our field office. \u00a0One of these sites is the home of the endangered Desert Pupfish. These fish are amazingly adaptable. \u00a0They can withstand water temperatures over 95 degrees Fahrenheit and salinity levels 3 times that of seawater!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">I am looking forward to the months to come working here in southeast Arizona and continuing to learn and be involved in new experiences.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Rob Osborne<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Safford AZ, BLM <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Deserts are charming to those who know how to see them \u2013John Muir When I first arrived in southeastern Arizona, I was a bit dulled by the vast barren landscape of the desert. But after spending the past month &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=15891\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1688,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15891"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15981,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15891\/revisions\/15981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}