{"id":64522,"date":"2015-08-04T08:25:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T15:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=64522"},"modified":"2015-08-04T08:25:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T15:25:53","slug":"boiseed-idahome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=64522","title":{"rendered":"Boiseed, Idahome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings again from Idaho! \u00a0It has now been just over 2 months since my internship partner, Emile, and I have been transplanted to Boise. \u00a0We have worked around the Four Rivers Field Office long enough to have seen some pretty seedy areas. \u00a0Sometimes working with the BLM feels a little like working for the IRS because we are trying to minimize plant taxonomy evasion. \u00a0But all puns aside, if there is any doubt of the quality of the CLM internship program, I can personally voucher for the skills and experience gained through work related to the Seeds of Success program.<\/p>\n

Since my last post, we have made multiple collections of primarily Elymus elymoides <\/em>(Squirreltail bunchgrass) and Eriogonum heracleoides\u00a0<\/em>(Wyeth Buckwheat). \u00a0We also attempted to make a few collections of both\u00a0Festuca idahoensis\u00a0<\/em>(Idaho Fescue bunchgrass) and\u00a0Pseudoroegneria spicata<\/i> (Bluebunch Wheatgrass), but unfortunately not enough of the seed pods were fertile to make the collections worthwhile.<\/p>\n

\"Feeling<\/a>

Feeling like hunters with our fresh kills lined up in the bed of our truck<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to our work related to the Seed of Success program, we have also had the opportunity to help with other projects around our field office and others in the area. \u00a0One such project was monitoring “Species of Special Concern” in the Bruneau Field Office. \u00a0The species we were looking for was\u00a0Astragalus yoder-williamsii<\/em>, a rare milkvetch found primarily in Idaho and Nevada. \u00a0We located and analyzed 2 populations that hadn’t been monitored since 1992. \u00a0The plant itself is quite small (less than 8 inches wide\/long and less than 4 inches tall) but seems quite tough; it was growing most densely in and along the dirt roads in the area.<\/p>\n

\"Astragalus<\/a>

Astragalus yoder-williamsii<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Astragalus<\/a>

Astragalus yoder-williamsii<\/em> peaking out from beneath a savory pie<\/p><\/div>\n

Idaho has also proven to have spectacular hiking, camping, and backpacking opportunities. \u00a0My first visit to the Sawtooth Wilderness a few weekends ago was amazing. \u00a0From camping along the Salmon River, to hiking to and swimming in freezing-cold, snowmelt-filled Sawtooth Lake, and relaxing on the bank of Redfish Lake, the Sawtooth wilderness weekend was a great one. \u00a0A subsequent hike in the Boise National Forest to Blue Lake and three rocky peaks surrounding it was also beautiful and memorable.<\/p>\n

\"Beautiful<\/a>

Beautiful Sawtooth Lake!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Beautiful<\/a>

Beautiful Alpine Lake!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Beautiful<\/a>

Beautiful Redfish Lake!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Beautiful<\/a>

Beautiful Blue Lake!<\/p><\/div>\n

Thanks for reading\/looking! Until next blog,<\/p>\n

Dan King – signing off<\/p>\n

BLM – Four Rivers Field Office – Boise, ID<\/p>\n

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Greetings again from Idaho! \u00a0It has now been just over 2 months since my internship partner, Emile, and I have been transplanted to Boise. \u00a0We have worked around the Four Rivers Field Office long enough to have seen some pretty … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7053,"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\/64522"}],"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\/7053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64522"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64874,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64522\/revisions\/64874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}