This week was my first week, and my schedule has slowly started to fill up. I participated in my first outreach event this week; we set up a table at a community event called “Partners in the Park”. The purpose of this event is not...
Week 2 as the ORCA intern at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge was a success! The visitor services team here had a long weekend to help us prepare for this week. For the last 6 months, our original auto tour route has been closed...
This past week I had the opportunity to assist in the execution of Cabrillo's volunteer recognition event. This is an event hosted once a year funded by our parks non-profit organization: Cabrillo National Monument Foundation -- or CNMF.It was incredible to watch how staff from...
It's construction time at Muir Woods National Monument! Conlon Creek, a small tributary to Redwood Creek, is getting a facelift, and it's been a long time coming. In January 2016, a culvert under Conlon Avenue blew out and caused major erosion damage to the creek....
Danielle and I are back on JBSA Camp Bullis and eager for the Fall field season! So much has changed since our last visits in Spring. The fields are drier, browner, and more barren. The meadows that once overflowed with sundrops, coneflowers, and daisies are...
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Starting Of The Fall Monarch Season It's so crazy to believe that it is already time to get started on another monarch season! After spending the summer out of the field, I am so excited to be back and see what this fall season and migration...
This summer, I got the wonderful opportunity to travel from Abilene, Texas, to Colorado, Iowa, and South Dakota! During this trip, I saw Monarchs and milkweed galore and got to identify milkweed species I hadn’t yet seen at Dyess AFB. From ditches and roadsides to...
partially arid and brown I’m officially back in the field for three weeks now and currently doing another round of IMMP Fall surveys. The second and third weeks were fairly exhausting sometimes because of the changing heat and humidity – like it still the peak of...
To live in Texas, you have to be able to withstand periods of intense heat and no rain. For humans, that is not impossible since we have swimming pools and other ways to cool off- but for everyone else, it can be a bit of...