Black-Crowned Night Heron Learning How to be a Photographer To the left is one of the best pictures of a wild animal I had taken before this summer. I took this picture in the Skokie Lagoons of the Cook County Forest Preserve. I have never been a gifted...
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My best lifer yet! During Scott's bird banding demonstration I got to hold my favorite North American bird species, while adding it to my life list at the same time! Growing my life list I had been to Colorado twice before, I've collected insects, but never had...
When people hear I work with Monarchs, they usually picture me wandering through sunny meadows, chasing butterflies like it’s a scene out of a children’s book. That’s partly true. But what they don’t expect are the wild, weird, and sometimes heart-pounding encounters with other animals...
Hello everyone! My name’s Fanny Sanchez Villarreal, I recently graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's in Conservation Biology and Ecology with a Spanish minor. I am one of the new GOGA interns with the National Parks Service and Environment for the Americas. This...
Hello everyone! In the featured photo, you can see Valeria Caballero (LHIP) and me working together to coordinate our upcoming event on July 28th. I wanted to share an article from the local newspaper about the event Valeria and I hosted at Saugus Ironworks. Valeria is part of...
As I said my farewell to Ohio, I also reflected on all the wonderful opportunities that arose while being there. I took time on a weekend to travel and visit relatives in West Virginia. It was my first time going there and it did not...
Hello! There are quite a few updates to my internship. I received an extension to my internship in order to lessen the gap between the transition to a permanent position, which means I will have a permanent full-time position as the GIS Specialist for the...
The GOGA SF Veg Team following a successful volunteer program at Fort Funston! A Month of Service 2024 has started with a bang! In addition to our normal weekly volunteer programs, SF Veg Team organized some really outstanding large scale volunteer service events at the beginning of...
Trail work at the Red Rock Ranger District is sometimes very strenuous work. Trail work entails approaching a challenge like this...