21 June 2021
My First Month as a DFP
Words from our Arlington Ecological Services Field Office Fellow "My first four weeks as a DFP included an orientation week, a steep learning curve, and learning how to connect to a place I have never…
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21 June 2021
30 Day Challenge
“Time sure does fly,” as the old saying goes. I am coming up on my first 30 days as a Directorate Fellow with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). When starting a new job,…
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21 June 2021
New Beginnings in the Last Frontier: My first days in Anchorage, Alaska
I push my head into my neck pillow, squeeze my eyes closed, and groan. I open them, and the woman next to me passes a look of sympathy. My headache makes it difficult to look…
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21 June 2021
Unidos por la naturaleza
Over the first three weeks of my internship was an adjustment. Coming into an area different from my hometown and meeting different people than me was a shock. Given an opportunity like this is something…
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21 June 2021
Working at home to save species abroad
My first several weeks working with the foreign species program in the Ecological Services branch of the US Fish and Wildlife Service has been exciting and eye-opening. Along with my fellow DFP intern, I was…
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21 June 2021
Spotlighting At-Risk Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has, since its inception, focused on the conservation and protection of our nation’s biodiversity. One of the primary mechanisms to accomplish this goal is to designate species experiencing…
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