{"id":53246,"date":"2013-11-08T08:56:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T15:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=53246"},"modified":"2013-11-08T10:30:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T17:30:21","slug":"blog-blog-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=53246","title":{"rendered":"Blog Blog Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">So I really have to begin this blog post about the furlough, which is an unavoidable topic.\u00a0 The furlough was really a mixed bag for me. However, I used that time to study for the GRE, spend some time with my girlfriend, and had a much needed break from a long hard field season.\u00a0 I tried to make the most of a bad situation and I feel like my time wasn\u2019t wasted.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">On to happier things. We interns participated in a CNPS training that was really interesting and something I hope to use in my career in the future.\u00a0 The focus of the training was using a system developed by CNPS to characterize an area by its vegetation quickly.\u00a0 This allows for quick reconnaissance of an area that will give you a good idea of what can and can\u2019t occur in the area, botanically speaking.\u00a0 We stayed near Truckee, CA in the Sagehen experimental forest, which was an incredibly beautiful place in the middle of the Serra Nevada Mountains.\u00a0 The training was very helpful and I am hoping the methodology catches on around the country due to its speed and ease.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Finally, we also held a national public lands day seed collection day at Washoe Lake state park.\u00a0 It was a lot of fun interacting with the public and teaching them how to collect seed and why we collect seed.\u00a0 The turnout was smaller than expected, but what it lacked in numbers it made up for with enthusiasm.\u00a0 We made several collections that day of <i>Ericameria<\/i> <i>nauseosa<\/i> and <i>Grindelia<\/i> <i>squarrosa<\/i> and then we had a nice lunch with the volunteers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">As the internship begins to come to a close, my last day is at the end of December, I am beginning to look toward my next step.\u00a0 Looking into grad schools and for a job takes a ton of time and I am keeping my fingers crossed that I won\u2019t be unemployed for too long.\u00a0 Along with thinking about my next move, I suppose it would be a good time for some reflection of my experience here in Carson City.\u00a0 Perhaps that will be my topic for the next blog post.\u00a0 Until then blogosphere, until then.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I really have to begin this blog post about the furlough, which is an unavoidable topic.\u00a0 The furlough was really a mixed bag for me. However, I used that time to study for the GRE, spend some time with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=53246\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1723,"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\/53246"}],"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\/1723"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53246"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53318,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53246\/revisions\/53318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}