{"id":33915,"date":"2013-09-09T11:01:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T18:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=33915"},"modified":"2013-09-09T11:01:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T18:01:44","slug":"3-weeks-left-in-vernal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=33915","title":{"rendered":"3 weeks left in Vernal!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t believe how fast the time has gone; 5 months are almost up already.\u00a0 Things have slowed down a bit; we had populations scouted out, but we realized the seeds will take too long to mature.\u00a0 It is an in between period right now; the early blooming plant seeds are already dehisced and the later blooming plants won\u2019t seed until after we\u2019re gone.\u00a0 There are only a few populations that we are waiting on, the rest of the time we\u2019re filling with monitoring for rare plants.\u00a0 We got to read some EAs (Environmental Assessments) in order to know about what areas we were surveying and why.\u00a0 It was really interesting to learn more about EAs and how they\u2019re used.<\/p>\n

I also got to do some rangeland health monitoring this month, backpack herbicide spraying, and I floated down the Green River.\u00a0 All 3 were great experiences but floating down the river was obviously my favorite!\u00a0 We were supposed to be checking the campsites down the river to make sure that they were free of trash, debris, and see if they had toilets that they were clean; however, most of the sites had been checked the day before so we basically just got to float!\u00a0 It was a gorgeous day for the trip too.\u00a0 The rangeland health monitoring was helpful to me because it allowed me to see how sites were determined to be healthy or not.\u00a0 Also, we got to see 2 moose that day (my first ever in the wild) so that was pretty exciting. And finally, backpack spraying was backpack spraying\u2026nothing new there, but I was glad I was able to help out the weed guys.<\/p>\n

So in the 4 months that we\u2019ve been here our truck had 1 ply tires\u2026which with the roads around here was not very fun.\u00a0 We ended up having 6 flat tires, which finally encouraged our supervisor to put in a request for better tires.\u00a0 So with 1 month left we got 6 ply tires! Yay!\u00a0 Hopefully no more flats for the rest of our internship.<\/p>\n

I think that\u2019s pretty much it for the month of August, I\u2019ll leave you with a picture of the moose and floating the river.<\/p>\n

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The moose we saw while doing rangeland health monitoring<\/p>\n

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Scouting out which way to go down the rapids<\/p><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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