Getting the PErfect Shot Camera trapping is the method of using automated motion-triggered cameras to capture a photograph of wildlife, AKA “trap” the animal. Scientists use camera traps to gather data on species composition, distribution, movement, conservation efforts, and related topics....
Field Season Is Every Season Unlike our neighbors at the Mount Hood and Gifford Pinchot National Forests, here at the Columbia River Gorge, we have very temperate winters, which means that field season never stops. This winter, I’ve worked on a...
Building Buck and Rail Fence with a Local Youth Crew Once a year, my unit partners with The Next Door - a local nonprofit that provides social services to the Columbia River Gorge community. While The Next Door has a lot of worthwhile programs, we work...
During my time here, I’ve mostly worked with what we loosely call our “natural resources department”- aka our botanist, wildlife biologist, and biological science technicians. That experience has been wonderful but I also have passion for nature education and outreach...
Month 3 - Saving the turtles One bullfrog at a time Northwestern pond turtles For this month’s blog post, I wanted to take a moment for a zoomed-in look at one of the main projects I’ve worked on this so far this...
Arguably America's cutest critter, the American pike generally resides in higher altitude mountain slopes (~6000 feet). Therefore, it came as a big surprise to me that a population resided in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, close to sea...
A view of the wildflowers and Columbia River Gorge from Memaloose Hills I can’t believe I’ve already been here for two months! Time has flown by. It’s mid-May now and wildflower season is in full gear at the gorge. So much balsamroot, lupin, camas, etc.! The...
April 13th, 2024Hello and welcome to my blog! I’ll be writing monthly updates about my time as a resource assistant at the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. I’ll start at the very beginning – the drive across the country!! So right before I started...
My name is Aida Hamaneh, 'm going to be an intern for environment for Americas and the National Forest Service for the next 8 months at the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area while I'll be working on environmental planning management and compliance so...