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<\/a>Weed mapping above the Columbia.<\/p><\/div>\n
One of my highlights from the past few months was attending a training for Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health in Rock Springs, WY. This is an assessment method used here in Wenatchee, and many other BLM offices, to get a quick snapshot of how an area is doing. The current state of the area is comparing meticulously researched reference conditions using 17 indicators as a framework for this report card, so to speak. I’ve been fascinated by how we define and measure “ecosystem health” for a while now and this training showed me one method being nationally used. In addition, I got to go out in the field with the inter-disciplinary team from the Wenatchee Field Office and see this method put into practice.<\/p>\n
(Awesome side-note: I’m pretty sure this training also helped me land my next job! Shout out to Erik Ellis for letting me go.)<\/p>\n
<\/a>Field deliberations over the 17 indicators. Moderately departed from reference conditions? Maybe…<\/p><\/div>\n
Weekends here have been pretty hot and smokey from all the fires. (Apparently now there are something like 30 fires going at once in the state of Washington!) I’ve managed to have some pretty good ones though, namely hiking through the Enchantments and attending the Washington Native Plant Society study weekend near Mt. Baker.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The Enchantments! Prusik Peak in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Wonderfully wet Mountain Ash. It was nice and cool on the west-side.<\/p><\/div>\n
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It’s been a while since my last post…Oops! I honestly have no idea how the time went by so fast. I want to share all of what I’ve been up to in the past two months, but there’s just too … Continue reading