Field work in the northern preserve
I spent the day with a dedicated group of staff and stewards monitoring a restoration study addressing the many now-closed wildcat trails created in the past by motorcyclists. Most of my time today was spent in the position seen in my profile photo. Thanks to sufficient rains we are seeing quite a lot of seedlings. But thanks also to the accompanying cool weather, the seedlings are not far advanced. So the study has been postponed for two weeks to allow the plants to mature.
On the way in I was toting a handful of transect frames. But on the way out I was relieved of that duty and snapped a few quick observations.
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The two-week hiatus was a good call. We worked half the transects Monday and today and the plants are much more mature and identifiable to species. The other half will be worked Thursday and Friday. Not much chance to make observations, but, dang, this work is fun!
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