{"id":71679,"date":"2016-08-26T14:08:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T21:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=71679"},"modified":"2016-08-26T14:08:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T21:08:43","slug":"wildlife-and-rangeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=71679","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife and Rangeland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does this mean to you? \u00a0Wildlife and rangeland. \u00a0Does it mean conflict of interest? \u00a0Does it mean working together? \u00a0Or does it mean two completely separate entities that should never have anything to do with each other? \u00a0To me, they are one in the same. \u00a0I have a Rangeland Management degree with an Option in Wildlife Management. \u00a0Basically, this means that I took not only all of the range courses but all of the wildlife courses as well. \u00a0I wish everyone had to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Wildlife and rangelands need to go hand in hand. \u00a0You can&#8217;t have one without the other. \u00a0If you think you can, you&#8217;re kidding yourself. \u00a0The BLM does a wonderful job of promoting multiple-use landscapes, and this includes wildlife. \u00a0However, growing up in ranching communities, I know not everyone loves the idea of an elk eating their haystack. \u00a0We moved into their space, not the other way around. \u00a0I might sound preachy here, but it&#8217;s something that I feel more people need to understand. \u00a0My internship this summer has allowed me to explore some absolutely beautiful and unique areas in Wyoming. \u00a0I get to hang out in wide open spaces with little to no people within a 20 mile radius of me and little to no &#8220;improvements&#8221; on the landscape to ruin the view.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m lucky and I know it. \u00a0Seeing exactly how the multiple-use landscape comes together is awesome. \u00a0I have seen bikers, hikers, and horseback riders on the Continental Divide Trail, cows on rangeland, wildlife on rangeland, different agencies conducting research on BLM land, oil and gas exploration, and historical artifacts that take you back to the pioneer days. \u00a0My passion will always be wildlife, but rangelands are important too. \u00a0Maybe more important in many ways. \u00a0There is beauty and importance in everything if you only take a look.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71680\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/American-Avocet-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"American Avocet 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71681\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Broomlike-Ragwort-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Broomlike Ragwort 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71682\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN0499-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0499\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does this mean to you? \u00a0Wildlife and rangeland. \u00a0Does it mean conflict of interest? \u00a0Does it mean working together? \u00a0Or does it mean two completely separate entities that should never have anything to do with each other? \u00a0To me, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=71679\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7293,"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\/71679"}],"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\/7293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71679"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72099,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71679\/revisions\/72099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}