03 September 2023
Bison Bones beneath the Plains
The Pine Ridge Ranger District in Nebraska is home to the Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center. This is an 8,000-10,000-year-old late Pleistocene era bison kill site in the heart of the Great Plains. A place…
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03 September 2023
Small Steps in Reforestation
I was able to take part in ponderosa pinecone seed collection this year. The Pine Ridge of Nebraska and South Dakota has had three major fire years in its recent history: 1989, 2006, 2012. Collecting…
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02 September 2023
Exploring New Opportunities
While my internship focuses on environmental education and community outreach, being here at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge has offered me various opportunities to see different pathways in the service. One of the most…
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01 September 2023
Visitor Use Management Training at Acadia
Hello blog readers! Earlier this month, I was able to attend the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals Visitor Use Management Training at Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park! The training focused on the Visitor Use…
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31 August 2023
TIMES OF SAN DIEGO: Latino Youth, Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month via Ocean Conservation
When I think of the ocean, I think of oxygen. Most of us associate clean air with leaves and trees, but organisms in the ocean are the ones that produce most of the oxygen we…
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30 August 2023
Nick Race: Securing a Career in Invasive Plant Management through the MANO Project
Nick Race never thought he would manage and coordinate invasive plant species at a 1.3-million-acre forest in Colorado. Originally from southern New Jersey, the landscape he experienced growing up as a child was far different…
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