Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on September 3, 2020
Invasive plant seminars
April 13, 2020 – July 14, 2020
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 6 |
| Post Admin hours | 3 |
| Activity Hours | 10 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 29 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Trainings (WALTS, CAREs/GLOWs, research, conferences, workshops, etc.)
Key Partners: NM Native Plant Society, Sandia Collaborative and RGVBB members
Landscape/area: Sandia Mountain Wilderness (37256 acres)
Short Description of Activity
Numerous zoom meetings and prep time – 4/13, 5/18, and 6/24- zoom with NM NPS and Sandia Collaborative facilitator, 3+ hours. 7/5 – RGVBB Zoom mtg – 2 hours; 7/14 Sandia Collaborative zoom mtg. – 1+hour. Preparation and learning to edit and convert zoom recording to iMovie and from iMovie to YouTube video – 5+ hours.
Reflection/Evaluation
The Invasive plant project has been moving slowly due to the need for social distancing for practicing identification in the field, due to inordinate heat, and due to smoke from wildfires. However, the project should be useful in the long term, and my partner from the NM Native Plant Society is still willing to work with me on the project when hot weather and smoke abate. The plan for the Sandia Collaborative (and the RGVBB) is to continue the project into 2021 with INaturalist, and I am working on a spreadsheet for the project this week (9/6/2020).