Six weeks ago, I began my journey working with one of the industry’s leading environmental and safety consulting firms for private sector clients. The idea for my project came early on in my training when trying to organize the different regulations from all of the different states we provide services to. With clients in over… Continue reading →
We are in the final days here at La Selva Biological station in Costa Rica. 10 weeks ago I started my project in the OSA peninsula which feels like a lifetime ago. Originally pursuing a project looking at seed dispenser activity as it related to fig trees across land use types. These land use types… Continue reading →
Sitting in the tourist hub of Manuel Antonio where wild monkeys are hand fed by visitors and thousands of feet walk across the beach each year, it is easy to see the ways humans can change our environment. It is perhaps more difficult to imagine the effects of humans throughout an entire country, but Manuel… Continue reading →
Every year, the National Wildlife Federation employs graduate interns to research topics for their upcoming educational and outreach projects. This school year, I was lucky enough to land one of these internships to help the NWF research the state of sustainability education in the U.S.! The NWF is very involved in education around the country,… Continue reading →
Greetings Friends! I am currently on my fourth month as an intern with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP) run by the Chicago Zoological Society based at MOTE Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. As a member of the research team we spend 10 boat days of each month in the field conducting population monitoring on… Continue reading →
Well, officially my title is “Student Trainee Hydrologist,” but I go by Water Scientist for short. I am approaching my 2 year anniversary as a Pathways Intern for the U.S. Geological Survey and what a ride it has been! I have had the opportunity to work on multiple projects and travel all over the United… Continue reading →
Greeting everyone! I am doing energy Audit of Wild Basin building as truly believe in the clean and effective use of energy. As an intern at Wild Basin, my responsibility is to conduct an energy audit and prepare an action plan for Wild Basin building to be energy efficient of Wild Basin. The consumption of… Continue reading →
Shout out to Cohort 5 from Houston, Texas! It has been quite a busy past few months here working for Plains All American Pipeline, LP. A quick description of our company… Plains All American (PAA) is a publicly traded company that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and provides logistics for crude oil, natural gas… Continue reading →
I’m sure most of you love nature and being outdoors, otherwise you probably wouldn’t be reading this blog. You might have noticed that in the environmental field there is something missing. Or even when you go out on hikes to a nature reserve or a state park. Not all Americans have the same interest in… Continue reading →
Greetings friends, This is my first foreign correspondence while I am doing research on bats in Costa Rica. I will be following up at the end of my trip to sum up what I have learned from this experience. Currently, I am conducting acoustic surveys across Costa Rica using two Wildlife Acoustics SM4BAT full-spectrum passive… Continue reading →
