21 August 2020
SEKI, Thank You and Good Bye!
Hello Everybody! Hola a todos! It is the final week of my internship and it is a very bittersweet feeling. I don’t know how time flew by so quickly, I cannot believe it has been…
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21 August 2020
Trails are Sacred Spaces
A sacred place is defined as place or space distinguished from other spaces through rituals that people either practice at a place or direct toward it. Some of these sacred places are often identified as…
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21 August 2020
A summer of isolated collaboration
From IT problems, to birds, to fish, to wrapping up – we’ve approached the end of my DFP internship with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Like many other DFPs have mentioned in their blogs…
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20 August 2020
Mapping Out My Next Steps
Next week is the last week of my DFP internship and it’s a bittersweet feeling. I’ve come to feel like I’m part of a team here in the USFWS, and I am going to miss…
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19 August 2020
The Evolution of Mentoring
One of the major aspects of this fellowship has been mentoring. Not only has my official mentor, Susan Rosebrough, been a tremendous influence and provided invaluable guidance, but so have so many others. I have…
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19 August 2020
Frolicking in the Wilderness for Bumblebees
I was lucky enough to receive clearance to complete field work for my Directorate Fellowship project in Week 6 of the program (see West Nile and Sage-grouse). However, I was able to take a break…
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