{"id":78614,"date":"2017-10-21T22:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=78614"},"modified":"2017-10-21T22:00:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T05:00:38","slug":"and-thats-a-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=78614","title":{"rendered":"And That’s a Wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago, one of our bosses stopped by our desk and told us about a project out near Beatty Creek that he\u2019s working on to assess tree density as justification for instituting thinning\/controlled burns. Obviously we jumped at the chance to survey plots out there; we had been out there before and knew that Beatty Creek is beautiful–very steep, but beautiful nonetheless. <\/span><\/p>\n

We were not disappointed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, my calves hurt. <\/span><\/p>\n

(I should probably do some stretches)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beatty Creek area and our data points<\/p><\/div>\n

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It became obvious pretty early on that the area was overstocked with trees– mostly <\/span>Pinus jeffreyi<\/span><\/i>, which is a high altitude species that competes best on the serpentine soils that other trees seem to shun. One plot had as many as 127 Jeffrey pine larger than 2-inch dbh! Such numbers, as we\u2019ve been told, indicate that the area is overstocked and likely to burn up should a wildfire come through. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some other exciting things we saw:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A cool giant boulder straight out of the Lion King<\/p><\/div>\n

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A mountain of gravel probably belonging to the rock quarry who shares roads with the BLM<\/p><\/div>\n

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Various dramatic views<\/p><\/div>\n

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Totally majestic.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Acer macrophyllum<\/em> changing colors<\/p><\/div>\n