With one week left in my summer fellowship, I am reflecting on what I have accomplished during my DFP. Working with the Ecological Services team at Headquarters has been an excellent opportunity for me and…

Working in the Directorate Fellows Program (DFP) has opened so many doors for me. At the start of 2019 I was working at a startup company working to sustainably grow culinary mushrooms. I didn’t really…

I have one more week as a DFP and have enjoyed all my time being a part of the FWS. This experience has given me a glimpse of the actions and conservation services that the…

Our Latino Conservation Week event at the Refuge was a lot of fun! We talked about the different species of pollinators that live at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge, focusing especially on monarch butterflies. We ended…

Typically, in the field of science communications, we ask ourselves the question, what message do we want to communicate to our audience? However, in my role as a DFP, I’ve learned to ask the opposite…

As I am rounding out the last two weeks of my fellowship, what has been one of the most influential (impactful) times in my academic and personal journey, I struggle with my final discussion. I started with many ideas, went down rabbit…