Schedule

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00 AM	Work	Office*	Office*	Work	Work
9:00 AM	Work	Office*	Office*	Work	Work
10:00 AM	Office	Office*	Office*	Office*	Office*
11:00 AM	Class	Class	Class	Class	Office*
12:00 PM	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:00 PM	Office*	Ride	Office*	Ride	Class
2:00 PM	Office*	Ride	Office*	Ride	Class
3:00 PM	Office*	Ride	Office*	Ride
4:00 PM	Office*	Ride	Office*	Ride
5:00 PM
		Office* to work on GIS,  Thesis, or study Really?  Because this does not show that I'm juggling kids and thesis field work

Fire safety

When driving in dry grasslands, it is important to look for dried plants under your truck!  I will definitely be checking under my work truck after seeing this happen to a co-worker.  We didn't get there fast enough to prevent total engulfment.  It made for some Friday excitement and some education about "catostrphic converters," which get hot and can ignite any dry material stuck in the undercarriage.

For Sage Grouse

Marking fences increases visibility and lessons the likelihood that birds will fly into them by 83%, as found in a graduate student's research (Bryan Stevens).  Here on the Yakima Training Center, home to one of the two populations of Sage Grouse in Washington State, we are marking boundary fences to reduce mortality.