All our previous planning has finally come into action this month with Winter Wildlife Field Days!!! Winter Wildlife Field Days is a month-long event that happens throughout the month of March every year here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. It is a family nature...
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...
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...
Hey everyone! My name is Diana and I am the new intern here in Oregon at the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex. My official title is the Latino engagement and visitor services specialist coordinator. I'm super excited to be in a new state...
Before my internship with Environment for the Americas and USFWS, I had little to no experience in teaching or outreach. Much of my interests as well as my experience gained in university had been under the STEM category. As much as I loved biology, science...
By Ayden Reyes Throughout my studies at Texas A&M University, I was eager to work in ecosystems that I’d only seen in pictures— crystal clear mountain streams, vast expanses of untouched boreal forests, and high elevation sagebrush-steppe. As I’m sure many have felt about their lifelong...
A Goodbye to Trinity River Time spent amongst trees is time never wasted. -Katrina Mayer Time is a precious thing. For many, they...
By Ayden Reyes The seasonal Park Ranger and me at our refuges World Migratory Bird Day Event A day at my job as a Visitor Services Intern at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge is, in one word: fulfilling. Whether it may be interpreting for a field trip...
A Day in the Life of an Intern at Trinity River NWR Matthew Dutton There's never a dull moment here. I wake up every morning to birds calling outside my window, steaming rising off the lake, and sun rising, marking the dawn of a new day. Most...