{"id":82200,"date":"2019-11-14T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T22:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=82200"},"modified":"2019-11-14T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T22:04:11","slug":"until-next-time-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=82200","title":{"rendered":"Until next time West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reflecting on the past six months is something that has been on my mind a lot as my internship comes to an end.&nbsp; In June I moved to West Virginia, a state I had only previously driven through, full of excitement to be living in the mountains but reservations as to what it would be like living and working in a new place with people I had never met.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any worries I had soon disappeared as I was lucky enough to be based out of the Marlinton Ranger Station, the best office on the MON.&nbsp; My mentor worked to get my co-intern and I to experience many different types of work that occurs on the forest.  I got to assist with rare plant monitoring, botany and Non-native Invasive Species (NNIS) surveys, stream surveys, and seed collection to name a few of the opportunities!&nbsp; These experiences took me to every corner of the forest and allowed me to work with individuals from other organizations and from other parts of the Forest Service.  <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_90921.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"82201\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=82201\" class=\"wp-image-82201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_90921.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_90921-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption>A hellbender that was caught while monitoring a restored stream.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_92461.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"82202\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=82202\" class=\"wp-image-82202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_92461.png 750w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_92461-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Showy lady slipper, a rare plant in West Virginia.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_86951.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"82205\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=82205\" class=\"wp-image-82205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_86951.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_86951-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_86951-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption>NNIS trailhead surveys began close to home on the Highland Scenic highway.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My time outside of the office was filled with adventures around the forest with my coworkers and good friends.  From floating the river to blueberry picking to caving to sitting around a fire and stargazing, there was never a dull moment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_85881.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"82204\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=82204\" class=\"wp-image-82204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_85881.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_85881-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_85881-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption>Sunset over Cranberry Glades after seeing some otters in a near by wetland.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2848\" height=\"4288\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_89911.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"82210\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?attachment_id=82210\" class=\"wp-image-82210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_89911.jpg 2848w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_89911-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_89911-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2848px) 100vw, 2848px\" \/><figcaption>The Milky Way pictured on the Highland scenic highway.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As I prepare to move on to my next adventure I will treasure the experiences I have had, knowledge I have gained and the friends I have made down on the Monongahela National Forest where the country roads are my home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbie Zastawny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USFS-Marlinton Ranger Station<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflecting on the past six months is something that has been on my mind a lot as my internship comes to an end.&nbsp; In June I moved to West Virginia, a state I had only previously driven through, full of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=82200\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7541,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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\/82200"}],"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\/7541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82214,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82200\/revisions\/82214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}