Hello Interns,<\/p>\n
Not much is new with me. \u00a0I recently took some time off to pursue other interests (wildland fire related), but now I am back at it at the Cosumnes River Preserve. \u00a0I am still working on a NEPA\/CEQA combination document for a restoration project I am responsible for. \u00a0We are creating habitat for the endangered (federally and state listed) California Central Valley-endemic giant garter snake. \u00a0These permits are incredibly tedious and time consuming documents to write. \u00a0Did I mention how massive they are? \u00a0Use your imagination. \u00a0You might think that projects designed to benefit native plant and animal species (restorations) would require less federal and state permits than say, (evil) development projects. \u00a0This is not the case. \u00a0Both types of projects require permits galore, and from a permit standpoint, both are fairly similar. \u00a0Every permit requires its own unique vocabulary. \u00a0Tomato, tomato- right? WRONG<\/strong>! Good times.<\/p>\n I enjoy when one of the other CLM interns at our field office invites me for a glorious field day of seed collection.<\/p>\n Cheers folks-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello Interns, Not much is new with me. \u00a0I recently took some time off to pursue other interests (wildland fire related), but now I am back at it at the Cosumnes River Preserve. \u00a0I am still working on a NEPA\/CEQA … Continue reading