{"id":89559,"date":"2024-09-26T07:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=89559"},"modified":"2024-09-17T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:18:06","slug":"lose-a-fish-go-to-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=89559","title":{"rendered":"Lose a fish, go to jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What. A. Month. I truly can&#8217;t believe August is ending &#8211; we have accomplished so much since July, and it&#8217;s hard to fathom that my time here is more than halfway over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as plants go, we&#8217;ve been doing a <em>lot<\/em> of monitoring. Our projects are testing if our seed mixes (which are being used to revegetate old timber roads and make pollinator islands out of disturbed sites) are effective. We&#8217;ve also ramped up our seed collection quite a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0069-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89742\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0069-1.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0069-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0069-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0069-1-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>Cicely, my co-intern, scouting a potential seed collection site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0073-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89743\" width=\"311\" height=\"425\"\/><figcaption>Camas collection!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been fun learning more about restoration processes and how the seed mixes were developed. Laura even showed us a cool paper about different monitoring methods (LPI vs. ocular quadrat, for all you cool kids) in riparian areas. However, we&#8217;ve also gotten lots of opportunities to cross-train with other departments, which has been incredible. So far, the Botshots have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Waded in the Bitterroot River with Wildlife, monitoring for Harlequin ducks and taking environmental DNA samples to detect their presence<\/li><li>Gone out with the &#8220;Archies&#8221; to map historic peeled trees &#8211; also known as culturally modified trees &#8211; that the Nimiipuu people used to eat from in the springtime<\/li><li>Electroshock fished with Hydrology<ul><li>which was very fun. We caught a Bull trout (which is threatened, so we were excited to see it) but the second we put it into the monitoring bucket, it tried to eat a smaller Cutthroat. Circle of life.<\/li><li>We also had a great time slipping around on the rocks trying to net the speedy little guys, hence the amazing quote of the day:<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Lose a fish, go to jail.&#8221;<\/p><cite>-Doug<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_104241-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89725\" width=\"282\" height=\"381\"\/><figcaption>eDNA sampling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/61b9scar2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89726\" width=\"296\" height=\"391\"\/><figcaption>A size comparison of the peel length for the archaeologists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_1888-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89728\" width=\"322\" height=\"425\"\/><figcaption>The famous Bull trout!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some other, non-work-related highlights from this month include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Swimming in some hot springs in Idaho<\/li><li>Watching the Darby Rodeo<\/li><li>Going to Glacier National Park with Cicely and Li when <em>all of the wildflowers were in bloom<\/em><\/li><li>A very dear friend coming to visit for a weekend<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0027.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89729\" width=\"404\" height=\"298\"\/><figcaption>My friend and I camping at Lake Como<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0347.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89730\" width=\"362\" height=\"477\"\/><figcaption>Flowers at Glacier, photo credits to Cicely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been super busy, but in the best way possible. My brain and my heart feel very full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you soon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What. A. Month. I truly can&#8217;t believe August is ending &#8211; we have accomplished so much since July, and it&#8217;s hard to fathom that my time here is more than halfway over. 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