{"id":16719,"date":"2012-06-01T07:13:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T14:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=16719"},"modified":"2012-06-01T07:13:23","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T14:13:23","slug":"the-tallest-town-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=16719","title":{"rendered":"The Tallest Town in Oregon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16721\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=16721\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16721\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16721\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16721 \" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC08109-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC08109-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC08109-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC08109-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC08109-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phlox stansburyi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At 4798 feet,\u00a0Lakeview, OR, calls itself the &#8220;tallest town in Oregon&#8221;, a claim that may or may not be true. \u00a0Either way, Lakeview is on the northern end of Goose Lake, in South Central Oregon, and is surrounded by plenty of high mountains and lots of sagebrush. \u00a0Since arriving here three weeks ago, I have had a chance to meet some great people, and experience some of the beautiful outdoors working with the BLM.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16720\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=16720\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16720\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16720\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16720\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC08038-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC08038-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC08038-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bald Eagle and its Nest<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We are currently working on a project up near Silver Lake, doing botany clearances before a juniper cut and burn. \u00a0We scour the ground for rare plants and invasive species, and make a list of all the plant species we see. \u00a0On our first day, my fellow CLMer Liz Thorley and I found a bald eagle and its nest in a big Ponderosa Pine. \u00a0We can&#8217;t see the chicks but we can hear them peeping!<\/p>\n<p>We have seen some cool plants and gorgeous flowers, including sand lilies (<em>Leucocrinum montanum<\/em>), eyelash pappus (<em>Blepharipappus scaber<\/em>), cold desert phlox (<em>Phlox stansburyi<\/em>), golden currant (<em>Ribes aureum<\/em>) and death camas (<em>Zigadenus venenosus<\/em>). \u00a0Many more are on the verge of flowering, so I think it will be a great spring!<\/p>\n<p>Emily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 4798 feet,\u00a0Lakeview, OR, calls itself the &#8220;tallest town in Oregon&#8221;, a claim that may or may not be true. \u00a0Either way, Lakeview is on the northern end of Goose Lake, in South Central Oregon, and is surrounded by plenty &hellip; 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