Throughout the summer, Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge was hearing how avian influezena was spreading throughout the nation. It was a concern that still seemed distant from us, but nevertheless information was shared with the…

First, I hope everyone had a great holiday with their family and friends. I remember when I first moved to the U.S. my family and I had no idea what Thanksgiving was, and it took…

John Heinz NWR has a team of education specialists who connect with the local schools in Southwest Philadelphia. If they aren’t going into the classrooms to teach a lesson about biology, nature, and wildlife, the…

I am getting close to wrapping up my internship here at Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. I have been here for about ten months now, which means I only have about two months left.…

Hello MANO blog! For my penultimate blog post, I would like to tell you all about the professional development projects I’ve done in the last 5 and a half months of my internship. First, I…

The SHIFT conference was an exciting part of the start of my fellowship. This conference was based in Fort Collins, Colorado in mid-October, focusing on the positive preventative effects of equitable access to nature. As…