Humans have an important role in ecosystems, and if we don’t take it seriously, it can have a big impact. Our most popular field trip at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is our Wetlands and Macroinvertebrates program. This program is perfect for getting kids...
It's all about the mussels: Missouri Mussel Conservation Native mussels in the Osage River, Missouri. Photo by Gabriel Wahl As a Public Affairs intern for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the best days are when I go out into the field with biologists. Recently, I drove...
Outreach Overview We have reached the end of September, so I thought it would be a good time to wrap up the outreach events! I had six events in September spanning five counties in Michigan and one county in Nevada. I had events at one zoo,...
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...
Hello everyone! I've been learning a lot about plants, and I want to share it. Let’s get right into it today. Everyone here knows what a sunflower is. I’m sure at some point in your life you’ve seen someone eat sunflower seeds, or you’ve had them...
How to Catch a Bat in 10 Hours? Thinking back to one of my favorite rom-coms, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, one has to be clever. To catch a bat in 10 hours, you have to think like a bat; in many...
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge It’s September 1st, the first day of my new internship at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. My lunch? Packed. ETA? Ten minutes early. My supervisor leads me inside the visitor center; we pass the front desk and enter through the...
My first three weeks as an EFTA intern at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Michigan Field Office were very eventful and exciting! My position is outreach and engagement, so one of my first-month tasks was learning about the outreach programs past interns developed. I...
A brown-belted bumble bee collecting pollen on a gray-headed coneflower. Hi Friends! Great things have happened in my first 2 weeks here in Minnesota! Bumble bees are buzzing at every corner, and Rusty Patched Bumblebee searches have commenced! I am currently in the office writing this blog,...