{"id":77999,"date":"2017-09-21T08:46:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=77999"},"modified":"2017-09-21T08:46:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:46:03","slug":"closing-time-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=77999","title":{"rendered":"Closing time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Alyssa and I are T-minus 3 weeks away from being completely finished with this internship and we both can&#8217;t believe it.<\/p>\n<p>Our mentor has given us a couple of opportunities that I am so grateful for over the past month. We were able to do a media training, during which we had to do a pretend interview while being filmed,\u00a0<strong>yikes.<\/strong> That gave us a lot of insight into how to speak to the media and the general public about research and projects. We got involved in a project with the forester in our office and participated in a data collection. He had planted around 500 white pine trees a few weeks back and Alyssa and I checked their viability and learned how to identify trees with symptoms of blister rust. Earlier this week, we drove to Yerington, NV to attend a PFC assessment training for streams and riparian areas. There was so much to learn that it was a bit overwhelming but it was a great couple of days getting new exposure to different fields of science!<\/p>\n<p>Our main focus for our last couple of weeks is to scout and make opportunistic collections. We have collected\u00a0<em>Asclepias speciosa<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Cleome serrulata<\/em>\u00a0and have\u00a0spent a lot of time traveling around Nevada looking for new populations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78000\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78000\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-78000\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2883-1-e1505618767714-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"432\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-78000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The not-so-great part about collection Cleome is the pungent smell of green peppers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Typically, we collect upland plants that we have grown pretty familiar with but milkweed grows in riparian areas. We spent a decent amount of time trying to ID a lot of look-alike willows and wildflowers but had some fun doing it!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78006\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78006\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-78006 \" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2920-e1505619214284-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"521\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-78006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alyssa carrying around our vouchers and a few plants to ID in the office!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wrapping up our season means a lot of organization, planning, office tasks and\u00a0<strong>a lot<\/strong> of reflecting. These past four months have been such an experience and can you really beat a west coast sunset???? I know I&#8217;ll miss that beautiful sky!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78003\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2872-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2872-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2872-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2872-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2872-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Alyssa and I are T-minus 3 weeks away from being completely finished with this internship and we both can&#8217;t believe it. 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