It is the end of another summer session. These past 12 weeks have gone by FAST!! Despite the short time frame, I have enjoyed myself throughout the internship. It was a nice feeling to be heard and valued by those above me. This will be...
After working a few weeks at the park, my time to shine has come. For multiple days, I co-led programs at Camp Waldo with West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection staff and the northern district interpretive rangers from New River Gorge National Park and Preserve....
My projects for this summer will be focusing on topics that I have never dove into before. I will be participating in bird banding later in the internship but for now I will be with BUGS!! One project will be through outreach events that are...
Hello everyone, it's me, Kyra Bassett! This summer I have returned to Environment for the Americas to participate in another year of Fish & Feathers. This time around I have decided to leave my home state of Georgia to start a new journey in West...
I have finally made it! We completed our (seemingly) never-ending drive from Georgia to West Virginia. I have traveled to many places domestically and internationally, but West Virginia has never crossed my mind. Once I reached the Appalachian Mountains, just seeing the landscape was mesmerizing....
Being a part of the Fish and Feathers internship program opened my eyes to the thought that there are other people out there just like me. I always knew that in the environmental sector, minorities were a small percentage of the field. We are present...
After a few weeks of my internship, the time finally came for me to present a program. Leading up to this point, I was nervous. This nervousness was due to a new environment, programs, and new students! Before the program, I learned more about fishing...
The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is a park in Georgia that is a part of the National Park Service. It includes the Chattahoochee River. The name Chattahoochee is a Creek Indian word that means "painted rock". This park was established on August 15, 1978....