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<\/a>Teaching on the Bizz. Photo Credit to Jeff Fontana of the BLM Eagle Lake Office.<\/p><\/div>\n
Luckily for the drought, not every day has been sunny and beautiful (although most are!). We have been getting some rain in the Eagle Lake field office. This has given us time to catch up on office work. We have been finishing up our SOS forms and preparing the herbarium specimens to send out soon. We have also been helping with an ongoing project of digitalizing the ELFO’s herbarium.<\/p>\n
As usual, my weekends\u00a0have been\u00a0full of new adventures. A few\u00a0new places I’ve explored\u00a0are Humboldt Redwoods State Park, a black sand beach, and Whiskeytown’s numerous waterfall trails.<\/p>\n
<\/a>One of Whiskeytown’s beautiful waterfalls<\/p><\/div>\n
I\u00a0really recommend taking a road trip\u00a0on the scenic highway 395.\u00a0Yosemite National Park\u00a0and Lassen National Park are\u00a0definately main attractions, but the route has many other gems. The route itself offers breath-taking views of the Sierra Nevadas and even the trailhead for Mt. Whitney.\u00a0I explored the mammoth lakes area, including the\u00a0columnar basalt\u00a0formation, Devil’s Postpile. I also checked out some geothermal areas, including a hike along Hot Creek and a soak in Wild Willy’s hot springs. Convict Lake has absolutely stunning views, making for an enjoyable hike. One of my favorite stops was the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. There is something magical about being surrounded by trees which have lived for thousands of years.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Convict Lake<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The Ancient Bristlecone Pines<\/p><\/div>\n
Only one more\u00a0week to go!<\/p>\n
Cheers,<\/p>\n
Rachael<\/p>\n
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When I first started\u00a0this internship,\u00a0I\u00a0was\u00a0doing more\u00a0Seeds of Success Collections than anything else. We were completing 1-3 collections every day and\u00a0monitoring nearby special status plant populations. Now it’s that time of year where most species in our field office are well\u00a0beyond … Continue reading