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<\/a>Sometimes it's just easier riding out to preferred locations for our telemetry assignments \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>
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<\/a>Banding birds in Santa Clara!<\/p><\/div>
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<\/a>A group of us interns on Shoshone Point in the Grand Canyon! A brief storm had rolled in & left us with that stunning rainbow.<\/p><\/div>
\nDuring my time here at the BLM Cedar City Field Office I\u2019ve really enjoyed the variety of tasks involved with this position. My co-worker, Michelle Downey, and I have helped other field groups with their project clearance evaluations, vegetation transects and prairie dog surveys. It\u2019s great to see the other project areas and get a feel for the different aspects associated with this job. Having a broader understanding of the research that goes into saving our wildlife is one of the best things I could take away from this journey. I\u2019ve always been a firm believer in preserving natural resources and working towards species survival, but now I\u2019m learning the more productive ways of achieving those goals.
\nComing up in the next couple months, Michelle and I will collaborate with other BLM employees and complete Riparian Proper Functioning Condition assessments [PFC] among other assignments. I really like doing PFC assessments since we get to spend our days admiring beautiful streams and monitoring their form and function. We\u2019ll also get to work with rangeland health teams and check out soil trends and keep track of the wildlife use on such lands. Carrying out Little Creek Fisheries stream surveys, where we\u2019ll be tracking perennial streams and fish populations, is also on our agenda. Later this week we\u2019ll be volunteering with the Cedar City Wild Horse Adoption and I\u2019m super excited about spending time with such gorgeous animals! I hope many become adopted and live amazing lives\u2026I love that I could have something to do with making that happen. Eventually we could also be performing pygmy rabbit surveys which I think would be so much fun! As you can tell, I\u2019m really embracing every opportunity that has come my way out here in the beautiful West!<\/p>\n
Best,
\nBrittany Stanglewicz
\nSeasonal Wildlife Technician
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Well I\u2019m a little over halfway into my internship here in Cedar City, Utah, and it\u2019s been quite a ride so far! Aside from performing habitat assessments and using radio telemetry to locate greater sage-grouse in the challenging desert environment, … Continue reading