This week we visited an unmanaged site that was not affected by the beetles. It will serve as a control to compare our findings from the affected sites. It was in Sunshine Canyon in Boulder County.
The day was hot but there was no rain. It is a lovely site! Our data collection process is getting faster. Teamwork!
We checked on the trees, measured surface fuels and counted new seedlings. There were so many. One thing I found interesting was the new seedlings that still had part of the seed still attached. The photo below shows one of these.
This week has been very productive. Now we are on our way back to our site in Larimer County.
Have a great weekend,
Marianne
Looks like a hardy crew! That’s neat that you are finding seedlings with the seed coat still attached – great picture of that. Thanks for including this.