Margaret receiving her certificate of achievement from lead instructor, Manny Cordova. Who do you call when you are needing to get information out fast regarding wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, volcano eruptions, or any other disaster emergency? **I’ll give you a hint, it isn’t the Ghost Busters**You call...
"Psh. Whatever." Boss Eric, when told that his shoe was untied It’s been a little while and things continue to happen, so I’ve got a lot to cover. As the title suggests, this is going to be a recap of all things January and February. In deciding...
Meet the Nez Perce-Clearwater Resource Assistant Margaret Sichrovsky (Soon-to-be Miller) Hi all! I am really excited to be working on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest for my fourth season in a row. I have so much support from the staff to really chase after my career passions....
Hi everyone! My name is Victoria Rodriguez and I'm part of the winter cohort 6 RAP interns! Whoop Whoop! Lucky for our cohort, we were able to have an in-person orientation in Helen, Georgia and it was honestly a blast. My original thought was that...
One of my favorite things I get to do in this internship is host a bilingual (English/Spanish) preschool program every last Saturday of the month. I get to choose the topic, create the program and of course, have fun with it! This last program was over...
Species spotlight: Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) Western Snowy Plovers (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) are a shorebird found along coastline, bays, estuaries, and rivers on the Pacific coast. They forage on aquatic invertebrates. Due to habitat loss, their population has been decreasing and in 1993,...
I love working with the local community and learning more about them. Luckily this job focuses a lot on building and maintaining those relationships established between USFWS and the communities that the wildlife refuges are in. The Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex covers four different...
Time goes by incredibly fast. This is especially true when it is spent doing new things, in a new place, with new people. I can’t believe my first month here in Oregon is over. At this point, I am used to the rain every day...
Hello again! I can’t believe it, but it’s already the end of my first month here with GGNRA’s SF team. In my last blog post, I wrote about how new everything was and how excited I was to learn about the conservation practices in the Presidio....
For my blog this month, I've opted to draw instead of write. Doing field work and working with data is awesome, but I find myself wanting to engage with my surroundings and cohabitants in different ways. So here are some pen drawings I made of...