Day 1
Day 1 at the Jarbidge Field Office: 6-5-06
Today was an interesting day. When we first got there we got handed a bunch of equipment such as compasses, gloves (which I only got one), one of those metal clipboards with the lids, a 300 foot tape measure, 2 cds (one of bird songs and one of amphibians), a calibrator, some scales, a thermometer and some flag. We also got to pick out some markers, pens, erasers and pencils from the office closet. Then we got given the key to one of the trucks here even though we haven’t signed anything for it or gotten the background checks back. We also got a key to the office on a hush hush basis.
We met the other wildlife technicians that were already working there then we all went over to the new office, which just so happens to be down the street from my new house, to set stuff up but we couldn’t do anything because we didn’t know where the wildlife section was. Then back to the old office to build some snake fences which consist of wooden planks screwed to heavy plastic. The snakes follow this black plastic into a funnel trap then we can survey them. After that was done and all the supplies were put away we received some handouts and reviewed what we are here to do, which is basically survey the land to see exactly what is out there. Then we ate lunch.
After lunch we went back to the new office along with everyone else except the botanists (they were in the field) to get our GPS units and digital cameras. We went outside to learn how to use them because they don’t get satellite reception in the building. I proceeded to realize I was sunburned, probably from building the fence but I think it got worse at this time, so I went inside and put sunscreen on but it was too late. Oh well. During all this we did an awful lot of waiting but at least we got to talk to each other and I was able to meet one of the Chicago Botanic Gardens interns from last year and she is still working for the State Field Office in Boise.
We then went back to the old office and added some pieces of two by fours and flat pieces of wood for the snakes to hide under to the funnel traps. After that it was time to go home. Today was interesting but hectic and unorganized. I also found out that the reason all us interns are here is because an environmental group sued the Bureau of Land Management for not figuring what effects the grazing would be before they allowed it. So we are here to discover the effects.
Today was an interesting day. When we first got there we got handed a bunch of equipment such as compasses, gloves (which I only got one), one of those metal clipboards with the lids, a 300 foot tape measure, 2 cds (one of bird songs and one of amphibians), a calibrator, some scales, a thermometer and some flag. We also got to pick out some markers, pens, erasers and pencils from the office closet. Then we got given the key to one of the trucks here even though we haven’t signed anything for it or gotten the background checks back. We also got a key to the office on a hush hush basis.
We met the other wildlife technicians that were already working there then we all went over to the new office, which just so happens to be down the street from my new house, to set stuff up but we couldn’t do anything because we didn’t know where the wildlife section was. Then back to the old office to build some snake fences which consist of wooden planks screwed to heavy plastic. The snakes follow this black plastic into a funnel trap then we can survey them. After that was done and all the supplies were put away we received some handouts and reviewed what we are here to do, which is basically survey the land to see exactly what is out there. Then we ate lunch.
After lunch we went back to the new office along with everyone else except the botanists (they were in the field) to get our GPS units and digital cameras. We went outside to learn how to use them because they don’t get satellite reception in the building. I proceeded to realize I was sunburned, probably from building the fence but I think it got worse at this time, so I went inside and put sunscreen on but it was too late. Oh well. During all this we did an awful lot of waiting but at least we got to talk to each other and I was able to meet one of the Chicago Botanic Gardens interns from last year and she is still working for the State Field Office in Boise.
We then went back to the old office and added some pieces of two by fours and flat pieces of wood for the snakes to hide under to the funnel traps. After that it was time to go home. Today was interesting but hectic and unorganized. I also found out that the reason all us interns are here is because an environmental group sued the Bureau of Land Management for not figuring what effects the grazing would be before they allowed it. So we are here to discover the effects.
posted by Gliterwolf at 7:58 PM
2 Comments:
How do you discover the effects after the fact?
All we can do is see what is out there now and collect delayed baseline numbers
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