With the collecting season rapidly coming to an end, our duties have begun to shift, but still maintain seamless relevance with our prior work. Southern Oregon was hit hard this year with some large forest fires that completely torched some BLM lands. \u00a0Our seed collecting work early this season has now come full circle as a result of reseeding projects in these burnt forests and meadows. \u00a0The seed we are using was collecting in past years but former CLM interns, and was sent to a number of different farms around the Pacific Northwest and grown out to increase the number of poundage. \u00a0It is these seeds, of the same ecoregion, that we are using to repopulate the native grasses and forbs. \u00a0I will be spending this week and next onsite, where the Oregon Gulch fired occurred, with 8 members from a community justice crew. \u00a0We have already covered roughly 300 acres and will be covering much more in the days to come.<\/p>\n
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