News & Blogs


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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19 June 2021

Andes to Alaska: Indigenous Solidarity

All of my previous internships have been focused on the biological research side of environmental science, so I was excited to try something new and experience the communications and relations side. This is how the…
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19 June 2021

What Does “Access” Mean to You?

Pause for 10 seconds and think of the first scenario that comes to mind when you think of the word “access.” What do you access every day? A lifetime of access, positive or negative, led…
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19 June 2021

The Great Catfish Harvest

Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery (IDNFH) is home to hundreds of thousands of catfish, several endangered aquatic species, and, more recently, me. I drove from San Diego to Burnet,Texas for the summer to preserve endangered…
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19 June 2021

Desert Seed Collections

I’m a few weeks into my DFP internship with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, and I’ve already learned so much. I’ve lived in New Mexico for about three years now, and it never ceases…
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19 June 2021

Excited to learn new things

My first two weeks working for the Fish and Wildlife Service at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum have been thrilling! In my first week on the job, I learned a lot about…
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