Entering my last month of work in Roseburg, Oregon, I feel like I finally have a moment to breathe!\u00a0 The last few months have been hectic with population monitoring and seed collection, with my fellow intern and I attempting to maintain the balance of collecting seeds too early and risking that they’re\u00a0not viable, and waiting too long and missing them completely.\u00a0 It’s a much more complicated task than we ever imagined!\u00a0 Now, however, with nearly three months of sunny skies and no rain, many of our targeted species populations have finished seeding, and we’re left with a lot of brown grass!\u00a0 Amazingly, however, we’ve managed to identify a few lone native species hanging on throughout the hot summer, waiting until now to bloom.\u00a0 Neither of us can believe that we can still go anywhere in the Roseburg\u00a0district and still manage to find something worthy of collecting -I feel very\u00a0thankful to be here!<\/p>\n
Liz Thompson<\/p>\n
Roseburg, OR BLM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Entering my last month of work in Roseburg, Oregon, I feel like I finally have a moment to breathe!\u00a0 The last few months have been hectic with population monitoring and seed collection, with my fellow intern and I attempting to … Continue reading