As I prepared my final program requirement, a presentation to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Conservation Banking Tracking Compliance - I reflected on the events of the last few months.   Throughout the Directorate…

 Conservation Banks: Protecting Land in Perpetuity  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Directorate Fellowship Project:   I was responsible for monitoring compliance for conservation banks in Southern California.   What is Conservation Banking? Conservation banks were designed…

A little over a week ago I picked up a park service car from the Charlestown Navy Yard for a day of driving around Boston and retrieving the backpacks of filmmaking tools we had lent…

As my Fellowship is coming to a close I would like to say how grateful I am for having had an opportunity like this amidst a pandemic.

The entire year of 2020 has been a whirlwind filled with an unprecedented pandemic, economic uncertainty, protests in the name of racial disparity, and natural disasters.

After 11 weeks of hard work, I am logging off with a 50 page species report, a final presentation, many new connections within the service, and a wonderful experience. I started this internship with no…