{"id":53579,"date":"2013-12-04T09:12:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=53579"},"modified":"2013-12-04T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T20:48:17","slug":"cha-cha-cha-changessssss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=53579","title":{"rendered":"Cha-cha-cha-changessssss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Mornin&#8217; Y&#8217;all!<\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n<p>Well today is more or less the last day of my internship here in Montrose, CO. I really can&#8217;t thank everyone here and from the Chicago Botanic Garden enough. This has been my second CLM internship and I absolutely love this program and the opportunities that the Garden\/BLM provide for aspiring botanists\/biologists. A big shout out and thanks to my &#8220;tor&#8221; mentor, Ken, the wildlife biologist, Missy, and Carol from the state office for actually hiring me!!! Also a big thanks to Wes and Krissa. Because of you guys I&#8217;ve gotten to see those big beautiful mountains pictured below, and do what I love!, everyday and get paid for it to boot! (I did not take that picture! Picture from Google Image Search!!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53580\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SanJaunWinter.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53580\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53580\" alt=\"San Jaun Mountains\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SanJaunWinter.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jaun Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I really feel like I&#8217;ve grown up with all the guidance I&#8217;ve recieved from Ken (while I&#8217;ve always been very responsible with my work life, Ken&#8217;s mentoring has even helped me with things outside of work!) When I started my internship I was driving this (again, image taken from Google Image Search!! I don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;ve noticed but I never have time to take my own pictures!):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53586\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NewYorker.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53586\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53586\" alt=\"Classy Chrysler New Yorker\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NewYorker-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NewYorker-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NewYorker-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NewYorker.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Classy Chrysler New Yorker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A classy Chrysler New Yorker which, according to local mechanics, was about to fall apart at any moment.<\/p>\n<p>But after Ken&#8217;s mentoring I was able to pull some things together and upgrade to this:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53587\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/subaru.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53587\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53587\" alt=\"Upgrade!!!\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/subaru-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/subaru-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/subaru-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/subaru-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/subaru-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/subaru.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgrade!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Subaru Outback that I affectionately call &#8220;Peggy Sue&#8221; and that will probably not blow up on me (image also taken from Google&#8230;.).<\/p>\n<p>I know we&#8217;re supposed to reflect on our actual internship, but I think it&#8217;s important that everyone realize that this internship has affected my personal growth in a positive manner as well. As for what I&#8217;ve learned professionally&#8230;it&#8217;s been a lot. So much that it&#8217;ll probably bore everyone if I type it all out, but I will include a picture of a cool map that I made while working here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53588\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CarnationRoadMap.gif\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53588\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53588\" alt=\"A cool map that I made.\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CarnationRoadMap-300x231.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CarnationRoadMap-300x231.gif 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CarnationRoadMap-768x593.gif 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CarnationRoadMap-1024x791.gif 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CarnationRoadMap-388x300.gif 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cool map that I made.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While I&#8217;m sad my internship is ending, I&#8217;ll be mopping up my tears with bagels from my sweet new job as a baker\/barista and consoling myself with powder days at Telluride. Additionally, I&#8217;ll be spending some time applying to grad school&#8230;keep your fingers crossed everyone! Thankfully I&#8217;m not too bummed out that my time here is winding down because they really like me here (though I&#8217;m not sure why!) and are trying their hardest to make sure I get to come back next spring.<\/p>\n<p>Until April fellow CLMers!!<\/p>\n<p>Brandee Wills<br \/>\nUncompahgre Field Office &#8211; BLM<br \/>\nMontrose, CO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Mornin&#8217; Y&#8217;all! I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving! Well today is more or less the last day of my internship here in Montrose, CO. I really can&#8217;t thank everyone here and from the Chicago Botanic Garden enough. 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