{"id":64168,"date":"2015-07-17T10:30:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T17:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=64168"},"modified":"2015-07-17T10:30:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T17:30:43","slug":"western-slope-colorado-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=64168","title":{"rendered":"Western Slope, Colorado July 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_64173\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/elk-weed.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64173\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64173\" alt=\"Frasera speciosa \" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/elk-weed-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/elk-weed-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/elk-weed-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/elk-weed-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/elk-weed-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Frasera speciosa\u00a0<\/em>(Elkweed)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hello To All,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve enjoyed a busy month out here on Colorado&#8217;s western slope.<\/p>\n<p>We just wrapped up our field data collection for HAF \/ Gunnison Sage-grouse; now it&#8217;s time for analysis!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64172\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HAF-Missy-Julie.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64172\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64172\" alt=\"HAF Green Mountain, Crawford, CO\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HAF-Missy-Julie-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HAF-Missy-Julie-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HAF-Missy-Julie-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HAF-Missy-Julie-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HAF-Missy-Julie-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HAF Green Mountain, Crawford, CO<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also had the opportunity to work with BLM State Botanist, Carol Dawson, and CLM veterans Nathan and Colleen, collecting data on the threatened\u00a0<em>Sclerocactus glaucus\u00a0<\/em> and BLM &#8216;sensitive species&#8217;\u00a0<em>Astragalus naturitensis.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64174\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sclerocactus-glaucus.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64174\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64174\" alt=\"Sclerocactus glaucuc\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sclerocactus-glaucus-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sclerocactus-glaucus-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sclerocactus-glaucus-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sclerocactus-glaucus-401x300.jpg 401w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sclerocactus-glaucus-1024x766.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Sclerocactus glaucus\u00a0<\/em>(Colorado Hookless Cactus)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64175\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Plot-Astra-Nat.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64175\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64175\" alt=\"Establishing long term monitoring plot for Astragalus naturitensis\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Plot-Astra-Nat-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Plot-Astra-Nat-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Plot-Astra-Nat-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Plot-Astra-Nat-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Plot-Astra-Nat-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Establishing long term monitoring plot for <em>Astragalus naturitensis<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64178\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Astra-nat-flower1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64178\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-64178\" alt=\"Astragalus naturitensis\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Astra-nat-flower1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Astragalus naturitensis<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_64180\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Astra-nat-pods2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64180\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-64180\" alt=\"A. naturitensis fruit\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Astra-nat-pods2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A. naturitensis<\/em> fruit<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to all our floral adventures, the past month has been fantastic for wildlife viewing &#8211; Big horn sheep, elk, antelope, bull snake, scorpion, and many a raptor !<\/p>\n<p>Hope you all are enjoying your CLM adventures !!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello To All, I&#8217;ve enjoyed a busy month out here on Colorado&#8217;s western slope. We just wrapped up our field data collection for HAF \/ Gunnison Sage-grouse; now it&#8217;s time for analysis! &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We also had &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=64168\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6975,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64186,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64168\/revisions\/64186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}