Journal Entry #4

Date: 09/25/17
Locality: CCNP (Cedar Canyon Nature Park)
Directions: From Southern Utah University (300-430 W 200 S, Cedar City, Utah 84720), head east on W 200 S/Thunderbird Way toward S 100 W, continue to follow W 200 S, then turn and go East onto E 200 S and stop at the second stop going up the canyon
Habitat: Base of a mountain (mildly steep slope), flora included low shrubs (roughly 4 ft. and pines (roughly 15 ft., grasses no more than 2 ft. tall, etc.), grass and shrubs were spread scarcely
Fellow observers: Tylee Trevizo (group members were scattered)
Time of day: 3:05 PM
Amount: An hour of walking to find observations, 10 or so minutes spent on this location
Wind: Beaufort scale, 1
Temperature: 57 F
Sky conditions and precipitation: Clear, 0 percent chance
Elevation: About 5,900 ft.
Species list: There were two species' scats observed (Cerivade, and as well as an animal from the order lagomorphia), no other species were observed

I travelled to CCNP with my lab group, and made observations regarding scat. I must note that further up the mountain and more distance created between the trail and natural flora, the more tracks and scat. The scat appeared to be fresher than the scat close to the man-made trail. There is plenty of Lagomorphia and Artiodactyla scat at CCNP. Thus, I hopefully can conclude that the site is a good source of sustenance with the flora and water source.

Posted on October 2, 2017 05:00 PM by twz801