{"id":89468,"date":"2024-10-03T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=89468"},"modified":"2024-09-17T15:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:33:58","slug":"update-from-the-beaverhead-deer-lodge-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=89468","title":{"rendered":"Update From the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August has come and gone on the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest and has been filled with a number of new and continuing projects. Rare plant monitoring in Maxville Montana has continued as we search for rare species of Botrychium<\/em>, Agoseris<\/em>, and Erythranthe<\/em>. Whitebark Pine surveys have continued through August, however we have begun transitioning away from Whitebark Pine and more towards our rare plant species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seed collection is in full swing as we begin to collect the desired species of our forests. Some of the species that have been collected so far include Berberis repens<\/em>, Geum macrophyllum<\/em>, Festuca campestris<\/em>, Gaillardia aristata<\/em>, Pershia tridentata<\/em>, Geranium viscosissimum <\/em>and Phacelia hastata<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month I had the privilege of joining the wildlife crew for a field day working on lynx habitat monitoring. Using points generated by a habitat model, we hiked to different locations and used a coverboards to determine habitat viability as well as looked for sign of lynx prey species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some fun wildlife encounters from this month have included white-tail and mule deer, columbia-spotted frogs, garter snakes, and some interesting looking cyanobacteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Western Terrestrial Garter Snake<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A new project that I was able to participate in was lichen monitoring. The Montana Natural Heritage Program has plots set out for monitoring on a decade long cycle where species classification and prevalence are determined for the area. This monitoring research is going towards habitat and air quality as lichens are a determining factor in air quality in certain environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pollinator surveys have continued with a hike up to Goat Flats in hopes of capturing some high-altitude bees in subalpine regions of the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest. Aside from the amazing view this experience was particularly memorable since the crew got caught in a lighting and hailstorm that left us soaking wet and high-tailed for the truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View from Goat Flats pre-storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

August has been filled with inclement weather as Montana transitions from extreme heat to extreme storms. Fires continue to rage in Montana and all around the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest caused by both human activity and lightning storms that have been raging through the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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