04-02-2020 Field Note

Buck-and-rails, sage thinning, spring clean-up, signs of spring, ermine

The Field Crew erected the largest buck-and-rail ever on the Ranch.

Five smaller buck-and-rail fences existed within the new larger fence.

Paige’s Pond also received a buck-and-rail fence.

The Crew cut, piled, and burned sage near the quarry all week.

Recent high winds have put weed fabric staples to the test.

Ermine tracks littered the snow all around the utility pile in Lower Woodchuck.

I made the sound of a distressed cottontail and out popped the ermine.

Early buttercups painted the brown floodplains last week.

The first spring foal was born in the beginning of March.

Just up the hill from the new foal laid the remains of an old mare that perished last winter.

Just up the hill from the new foal laid the remains of an old mare that perished last winter.

A set of shed antlers shine on the drab landscape.

The family of muskrats on the Clubhouse Pond survived the winter.