{"id":65873,"date":"2015-09-08T12:29:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=65873"},"modified":"2015-09-08T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T19:29:18","slug":"big-bear-lake-ca-end-of-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=65873","title":{"rendered":"Big Bear Lake, CA – End of Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This swallowtail was pollinating cardinal lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis pseudospectabalis<\/em>) in a wetland along the Whitewater River, August 28 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

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Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum<\/em>), photographed during a personal trip to the Golden Trout Wilderness in late August 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

I will be transitioning to a Forest Service employee next week, and will continue the rewarding experience I\u2019ve had as a CLM intern on the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF) in southern California.\u00a0 The SBNF is one of the nation\u2019s \u201curban forests\u201d, and is also incredibly diverse floristically.\u00a0 I began my appointment as in intern working for our district botanist.\u00a0 In January 2015, I was extended with funding from our Forest-wide restoration program, which is currently focused on restoring Forest lands damaged by Off-Highway Vehicles.<\/p>\n

As a botanist, I\u2019ve been excited about the opportunity to work in a region with such a unique and interesting flora.\u00a0 Almost 2,000 plant taxa have been documented in the San Bernardino Mountains, which means that about 25% of the California flora occurs in this 1,061 square mile range.\u00a0 Finding new occurrences of rare plants is always a bit of a rush, especially when those plants are federally threatened or endangered.\u00a0 I\u2019m especially proud of new finds of white bog adder\u2019s mouth orchid (Malaxis monophyllos brachypoda<\/em>), San Bernardino Mountains bladderpod (Physaria kingii bernardina<\/em>), and Parish\u2019s checkerbloom (Sidalcea hickmanii parishii<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The experience as an intern with our Forest-wide restoration program widened my focus immensely.\u00a0 I realized that I had essentially no experience with plant propagation, and had fun learning my way around the greenhouse, researching propagation techniques, and keeping most things alive.\u00a0 I began considering soils, hydrology, pollinators, plant physiology, and even sociology in ways that I hadn\u2019t really thought about as a rare plant surveyor.\u00a0 Restoration work involves more than the observation of plants and their habitats:\u00a0 What soil treatments should we perform to repair compaction and control erosion?\u00a0 How do we control OHV use in this area?\u00a0 What native species are best suited to the site?\u00a0 I also had the chance to help write grants, work with our Urban Conservation Corps, and manage our GIS database.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to both my mentors for their guidance throughout my internship, and to CLM staff for their support.<\/p>\n

Mountaintop Ranger District<\/p>\n

San Bernardino National Forest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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