i had my first day of work today... i think the fall shuld be pretty good...

we had breakfsat, packed our lunches and headed out to the work site (in horse canyon, part of the area that had 100% consumption, etc.) we talked abotu fire ecology for a while ... john celley told us about the ponil fire, pyric ecosystems, and philmont management... it was pretty interesting even though i had heard it before. it also took an hour out of our work.

we then learned HOW to do our job (ie spreading straw and raking and seeding) and covered an area of 1/4 of an acre... (took and hour)...

had lunch and then the rain thwarted the rest of our afternoon so i napped... i could ge tused to this, but i know it won't always be that cushy...

our goal fo rhte fall is 250 acres... so we arent' moving so quickly on that.

the people seem pretty cool though and we are watching simpsons like mad!