{"id":70582,"date":"2016-07-20T12:49:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=70582"},"modified":"2016-07-20T12:49:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:49:51","slug":"time-warp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=70582","title":{"rendered":"Time Warp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;s physically impossible for a month to pass so quickly, but here I am! \u00a0I&#8217;m pretty sure I blinked about twice before July was upon me. \u00a0I&#8217;ve had a quick, somewhat stressful, and really rewarding month.<\/p>\n<p>My crew mate and I haven&#8217;t slowed down one bit, having just completed our 22nd collection (which takes us well over the halfway point to our target number)! \u00a0We&#8217;ve gotten a ton of good forb species, as well as some grasses and shrubs. \u00a0Things are\u00a0<em>just<\/em> starting to slow down, with the desert turning brown and crispy. \u00a0Some of the later blooming asters and buckwheats will round out our forb collections, and the grasses are starting to seed out like crazy. \u00a0I think we will have a strong couple of months ahead of us!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-70582 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=70583'><img width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_111013-600x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-70583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_111013-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_111013-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_111013-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_111013-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-70583'>\n\t\t\t\tChecking whether the Eriogonum ovalifolium had viable seed required a dissecting scope.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=70586'><img width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160713_1452281-e1468618428254-600x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-70586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160713_1452281-e1468618428254-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160713_1452281-e1468618428254-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160713_1452281-e1468618428254-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160713_1452281-e1468618428254-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-70586'>\n\t\t\t\tRibes aureum.  As tasty as it is beautiful!  Our first fleshy fruit collection.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Aside from seed collecting, my crew mate and I are also performing botanical clearances for proposed developments (troughs, water pipelines, etc.) on BLM land. \u00a0Essentially, we take a species-level inventory of the flora present at the project site. \u00a0The presence of special status species or noxious weeds at the site then informs how the project is implemented; if either are present, mitigation may be deemed necessary before the project can take place. \u00a0These clearances have really helped me brush up on my ID skills and they have helped us discover good collection sites as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70584\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70584\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70584\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160705_1344122-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Calochortus macrocarpus - sagebrush mariposa lily\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Calochortus macrocarpus<\/em> &#8211; sagebrush mariposa lily<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With so many populations seeding out between several sites, I&#8217;m sure I will have an equally busy, wild, and wonderful month before my next post! \u00a0I&#8217;m still astounded at how much I&#8217;ve learned in such a short time. \u00a0This experience is exactly what I needed, and I&#8217;m excited to see what it keeps bringing!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70585\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70585\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70585\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_202147-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Smith Rock, outside of Bend, OR\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smith Rock, outside of Bend, OR<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brennan Davis, BLM &#8211; Lakeview, OR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;s physically impossible for a month to pass so quickly, but here I am! \u00a0I&#8217;m pretty sure I blinked about twice before July was upon me. \u00a0I&#8217;ve had a quick, somewhat stressful, and really rewarding month. 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