Hello All,<\/p>\n
This post is coming at the end of an exciting and interesting first week of BLM office in Carson City, NV. \u00a0For starters, I think I may have set the record for fastest worker’s comp claim. \u00a0At the end of the first day I was cleaning out a Petri dish used to mix adhesive for the herbarium and managed to put a nice cut into my finger requiring a few stitches.\u00a0 I have jokingly stated that I was just trying to make a splash on my first day.\u00a0 Work in the herbarium is relaxing and enjoyable.\u00a0 In the past I have done lots of collecting and pressing of plant samples in the field, so it was nice to learn the back end of the process and be able to produce a herbarium specimen from start to finish.<\/p>\n
Of course, my passion is for work in the field.\u00a0 Yesterday we visited a former mine site, the American Flat Mine, where my fellow interns and I will help to plan and implement a restoration project.\u00a0 Ecological restoration was a specialization of my MS, and I am very excited about this project.\u00a0 We spent the day mapping out the area and generating a species list from a reference area nearby.\u00a0 Being from Colorado, it was nice to be able to pick out several species I was familiar with, while at the same time learning characteristics of many new ones.\u00a0 I’ll continue to update this project as the summer continues.<\/p>\n
Other tasks of the week have included assisting with a cleanup project as part of this office’s Adopt a Space outreach program, sitting in on stakeholder meetings and assisting with research and development of NEPA documents.\u00a0 It’s only been a few days, but I can tell it’s going to be a great summer!<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Wild horses on American Flat Mine<\/p><\/div>\n
Bank stabilization using willows on TNC property<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Cheers,\u00a0 Aaron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello All, This post is coming at the end of an exciting and interesting first week of BLM office in Carson City, NV. \u00a0For starters, I think I may have set the record for fastest worker’s comp claim. \u00a0At the … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>