News & Blogs


28 August 2020

A superb seasonal sojourn…

Like the shorebirds at the heart of my fellowship project, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my “stopover” with Midway Atoll. This fellowship has provided an opportunity to learn so much about the atoll, these birds, their behaviour,…
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22 August 2020

Having a Seat at the Table

Over the past 10 weeks I have had the privilege to work with the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Directorate Fellowship Program (DFP). As my time comes to an end, I have taken…
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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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