{"id":60321,"date":"2014-12-15T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=60321"},"modified":"2014-12-15T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:18:40","slug":"winter-northeastern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=60321","title":{"rendered":"Winter Northeastern California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from Northeastern California!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s finally starting to feel like winter here, as I am writing this in the middle of &#8220;The Worst Storm California has had in Years&#8221;, according to weather.com. \u00a0While it is only raining here in the valley, the nearby mountains should be getting a foot or two of snow!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working on a few projects lately. \u00a0I am working with the ELFO hydrologist to install some stream monitoring equipment in all the streams in our field office. \u00a0The equipment we are installing measures the water temperature and the flow of the streams. \u00a0It is nice to still be out doing field-work, and I am learning a lot about hydrology from working with the hydrologist. \u00a0I did not expect to learn about hydrology when I signed up for a botany internship, but this is one of the great things about CLM: you gain experience in a lot of different areas.<\/p>\n<p>Installing the equipment only takes about an hour, but getting to the locations takes some time. \u00a0Yesterday I was hiking in some dense clay mud that stuck to my boots in giant clumps. \u00a0It made hiking difficult, especially hiking over rocks, as the muddied-up boots had no grip on the rocks. \u00a0This, with a 60 pound pack full of tools and steel pipes, can make climbing into a rocky canyon quite difficult. \u00a0Nonetheless, we have successfully installed equipment at 6 streams so far.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0625.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-60324\" alt=\"IMG_0625\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0625-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0625-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0625-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0625-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0625-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0624.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-60323\" alt=\"IMG_0624\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0624-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0624-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0624-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0624-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0624-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-60322\" alt=\"IMG_0623\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0623-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0623-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0623-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0623-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0623-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I am also working on a project known as FIAT. (We have yet to be sued by the european car company). FIAT stands for Fire and Invasives Assessment Team. \u00a0It is an effort to improve habitat for sage grouse. \u00a0The biggest threats to sage grouse are conifer encroachment, fire, and invasive annual grasses. \u00a0This project aims at pinpointing where these threats are most prevalent, and coming up with strategies to limit their impacts. \u00a0I am helping with the GIS side of things. \u00a0I have been attending meetings at several BLM offices and helping the ELFO GIS specialist create project area polygons. \u00a0It has been interesting going to the different offices and seeing how much everyone knows about the land in their field office.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, I broke my finger playing football on Thanksgiving. \u00a0It hasn&#8217;t impacted my work at all, but it has made typing this entry a bit frustrating. \u00a0The good news is, I have a doctors appointment in Reno tomorrow morning, and Reno is only 30 minutes from Mt. Rose Ski Resort, so&#8230; IM SKIING 2 FEET OF FRESH POWDER TOMORROW!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Sam Gersie<\/p>\n<p>BLM ELFO<\/p>\n<p>Susanville, CA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from Northeastern California! 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