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Invasives Debate 22 Aug 2013 | 12:54 am
Here is a quote from an article I read this week: “Conservationist should assess organisms on environmental impact rather than on whether they are natives…” June 9, 2011 Nature I thought that this w...
Seeds, Seeds, Seeds 21 Aug 2013 | 12:44 am
The seed harvest continues here in the Medford District of Southern Oregon, and shows no sign of slowing yet. Our team has already surpassed the initial goal of 60 collections. With each collection be...
The Awe-Inspiring Tales of a CLM Intern from Burns, Oregon!!! 21 Aug 2013 | 12:37 am
Finishing Up Monitoring: Trout Creek Mountains The time was 4:00am and everything was quiet at the Fields, Oregon Research Station. I stared up at the ceiling, reminiscing on all the good and bad tim...
Slowing down 21 Aug 2013 | 12:25 am
This is my second to last blog post. For the most part the summer has gone by fast, though there have been periods that were less than exciting. But now that things are winding down I am definitely ...
Greetings from Escalante, UT 21 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
Where oh where to start. This month has been very packed with events. To start with the reason why we are here, seeds. We have been collecting quite a bit, many of which we have to do multiple coll...
Invasive Weeds & Native Seeds 21 Aug 2013 | 12:19 am
Working on invasive weeds in Alaska has been really enjoyable as there is still hope in preventing the introduction of many threatning weeds to the state. Last week, I helped organize a public weed sm...
SOS and Searching for Rare Plants 21 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
Hello Curious Readers, This month, Carrie and I have been working on our main two tasks, collecting seed to use for the re-vegetation of the Rush Fire and monitoring Special Status Plants (SSPs). We ...
Final Thoughts from Fairbanks, AK, or “I’d like to thank the Academy…” and other Sentiments 21 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Alaska fieldwork is the best fieldwork: Invasive plant survey trip on the Pinnell Mountain Trail. Loyal readers: as I sit here on the 25th anniversary of my birth, reflecting on my summer as a Conser...
Prairie Dogs on the Golf Course 21 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am
Southern Utah is inhabited by several distinctive species, some of which are endemic to the southwest United States. My co-intern Jake and I have done a lot of work focused on birds – raptors, sage-g...
Modoc Reflections 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 am
This past weekend while trekking high in the Sierra Nevada, beneath massive slabs of granite turned to the sky, I couldn’t help but reflect on the past five months of my CLM internship. It seems the ...
