{"id":33704,"date":"2013-09-06T12:33:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T19:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=33704"},"modified":"2013-09-06T12:33:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T19:33:13","slug":"sand-mountain-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=33704","title":{"rendered":"Sand Mountain Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week was a change of pace for the botany crew in Carson City. We spent the week surveying a rare species of butterfly <em>Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana<\/em> \u00a0or the Sand Mountain Blue Butterfly. \u00a0This species is endemic to the Sand Mountain Recreation area outside of Fallon, NV. This little butterfly is completely dependent upon its host plant, <em>Eriogonum numalare<\/em>, which the larvae feed upon.<\/p>\n<p>The Sand Mountain Blue Butterfly is currently listed as vulnerable. But environmental groups are working on a proposal to get it listed as threatened or endangered.\u00a0 This would mean big changes at Sand Mountain which is primarily used by OHV enthusiasts. The BLM has already constructed a large system of trail markers and fences to try to limit the damage done by ATV\u2019s but a network of social trails still infringe on the Eriogonum habitat.<\/p>\n<p>After establishing the transects at the end of the first day we experienced another rarity for Nevada, a thunderstorm. It was nice to work under cloud cover and finally receive a little moisture but the lightning strikes were a little too close for comfort. \u00a0Being stuck out on the middle of a sand dune is not the ideal location during a lightning storm. After a brief period of assuming our lightning positions and getting caught in a downpour, Zeus was kind enough to spare us his wrath.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33706\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0969.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0969.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0969-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0969-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0969-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0969-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=33705\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33705\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33705\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0977.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0977.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0977-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0977-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0977-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0977-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week was a change of pace for the botany crew in Carson City. We spent the week surveying a rare species of butterfly Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana \u00a0or the Sand Mountain Blue Butterfly. \u00a0This species is endemic to the Sand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=33704\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1791,"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\/33704"}],"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\/1791"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33704"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34809,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33704\/revisions\/34809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}