{"id":6154,"date":"2011-08-03T11:52:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T18:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=6154"},"modified":"2011-08-03T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T18:52:51","slug":"alaska-the-last-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=6154","title":{"rendered":"Alaska, The Last Frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Getting the opportunity to work with the BLM in Alaska is quite literally something I never imagined doing. \u00a0Alaska has always seemed like a foreign country, especially growing up on the east coast. \u00a0I’ve been here for almost a month now and I can honestly say I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the breathtaking views.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Five days after I arrived we embarked on our first journey to Chicken, AK to scout areas to return to when the seeds become ready to collect. Now I know, it’s pretty crazy just coming to Alaska, then immediately I get to go on this week long road trip to this exotic seeming place called Chicken. \u00a0The trip up there was amazing, driving through so many different eco-regions was a great way to start learning about Alaska’s environment first hand.<\/p>\n

Although I am up here learning about so many cool plants, I have to admit the highlight of my trip so far is the wildlife we’ve gotten to see. \u00a0On the way up we saw some muskrats in a small pond, a red fox at the edge of the road, some moose, \u00a0a Peregrine Falcon haunting hikers along a trail, and a bear swim across a river (there are still arguments whether it was a small grizzly or a black bear). \u00a0The most exciting of all, we saw a Lynx!! \u00a0 It was so beautiful and graceful with its large paws that can be called “built-in snow shoes.” This was such an amazing experience considering very few people who have been in Alaska for years have seen a Lynx, and I’ve seen one after being here for only a week. \u00a0Now we are getting to the heart of the collecting season and I can’t wait to travel all over the state and have so many more great experiences, and collect seeds of course!<\/p>\n

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