pinnacles trip

Hi all,Here is a little update from our trip to Pinnacles National Monument.Working with Pinnacles intern Jess, four of us interns at the HiMountain Lookout were able to explore the flight pen/release site andpractice telemetry while consistently picking up signals. We also sawtwo condors with one flying right over head! It was a very successfuland educational trip and we all wished that the whole...

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week 5 and 6 update

Hi Everyone, We are officially six weeks in to our Hi Mountaininternship, and as Dr. V says “still on a learning curve” (which is a goodthing). We have gotten our hands on so much more knowledge this week!As many of you know, we took our intern trip to PinnaclesNational Monument last Thursday to practice telemetry, see their “cool condorequipment,” drill the senior field tech with every condor question...

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Hi Mtn Intern Update Week 5

Hi Everyone,We just completed our fifth week up at Hi Mountain, wohoo! At this halfwaymilestone we are finally getting in the groove of the "rugged mountain life" andhave learned to appreciate the "simple pleasures" such as traveling to gas upthe USFS Jeep in Santa Margarita and purchasing a diet coke and potato chips(hits the spot)!As of this week, both of our studly field teams have braved the horrors...

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A day in the life of Hi Mountain Interns 2011

Hi Again,Welcome  to the first rendition of "A day in the life of Hi Mountain Interns2011." This will help you gain an understanding of what we do every day. Eachportion in broken into time steps and narrated. Enjoy!SUNDAY/THURSDAY (depending on group)4:00 pm Meet at an intern's house, unload various amounts of luggage/campingequipment/field equipment into extremely packed, fuel-efficient cars. 5:30...

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Intern Update

Hello All,My name is Hannah Tillmann and I am one of the Hi Mountain summer interns. Our teams have been working hard for the past couple of weeks on small mammaltrapping, vegetation analysis and telemetry. We have been focusing ourmammal/vegetation efforts on 30 GPS locations situated in three majorecosystems: oak woodland, riparian and chaparral. Finding the GPS points hasreally let us get...

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