As summer comes to an end and fall slowly starts to show its quiet signs of emergence, it has not crept by unnoticed. Even in the late summer months, it was still very warm and dry, when usually toward the end of summer is when...
Human disturbance is one of the biggest impacts on any species, given that we share the environment with them. It comes in many forms: pollution, deforestation, and construction to name a few. Military installations increase the rate of disturbance through training, preparation, and daily activities....
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...
A Season Of Learning As this spring season comes to and end, I have been reflecting on everything that I have learned and experienced my first time as a monarch intern with Environment for the Americas. Although this season did not bring as many monarchs as...
Any type of field work is surely humbling, but working with monarch butterflies has been particularly interesting! You can plan a perfect survey on the calendar, but the day is really decided by a few key factors you can't really control! After three years in the...