Hello my fellow CLMers,<\/p>\n
I am back on for my second round as an intern in the Medford, OR BLM office. \u00a0I started about a month and a half earlier this year as a result of getting into grad school at Humboldt State University and will be having to move in June. \u00a0I got accepted into the Biology program and will be focusing on insect community ecology. \u00a0I strongly feel that my 10 month internship doing botanical work here with the Medford BLM really solidified my wanting to go back to school, and helped with my acceptance.<\/p>\n
Even though I have begun early in order to get a few months of my internship in before I have to leave, it has proved to be quite productive. \u00a0No intern in the 13 year history of the Seeds of Success program at the Medford BLM has ever started this early. \u00a0That means a whole new set of early blooming plants that are ready and waiting to be vouchered and added to our extensive herbarium of over 3,500 specimen. \u00a0I have been out and about a few times already this year to many locations I went to last year, and I am witnessing an entirely knew community of flora. \u00a0Also, the fact that we have had a horrible winter (snow-pack being at 19% of normal average as of last month) has also been a factor that proves my early start date has been beneficial, as everything is popping up early. \u00a0I have also been scouting out new places and keeping me eye on what species will start to seed. \u00a0I am hoping to make my first SOS collection sometime in early April.<\/p>\n
It is nice coming back to a second term after already getting the hang of things here in the office and in the field. \u00a0I spent the first 2 months last year trying to figure out the protocol and get caught up to speed on basic botanical jargon, but now I have just hit the ground running and I am feeling good about the productivity of this year. \u00a0We have another SOS intern coming on in April, so fortunately\u00a0there will be some overlap with us and I can teach him what I know about the program, and he can take over the work load from there.<\/p>\n
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Hello my fellow CLMers, I am back on for my second round as an intern in the Medford, OR BLM office. \u00a0I started about a month and a half earlier this year as a result of getting into grad school … Continue reading