26 June 2020
Making Lemonade from Lemons
Lately, I have found myself thinking thoughts like “this pandemic had the worst timing”, and “poor me”. Once I think these thoughts, another part of my brain smacks them down like Lebron James dunking the…
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25 June 2020
Inaugural World Albatross Day
Albatrosses are large, long-lived, iconic seabirds that roam the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans. With wingspans between 5 and 11ft, adults spend the majority of their life soaring over the open water and fishing. Many albatrosses…
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25 June 2020
Greater Sage-grouse and West Nile Virus
The greater sage-grouse is an iconic bird of the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem in the western United States that is best known for the males’ dance moves during the spring breeding season (https://youtu.be/cLnbiTkj1TQ). Historically, the sage-grouse occupied…
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25 June 2020
DIrectorate Fellows Program: Bumble Bee Edition
This summer, I am working with wildlife biologists and botanists from the Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office in Northern California. Although due to COVID-19, I am working from home in Denver, CO, my project has…
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24 June 2020
The New Normal: Working From Home with Obligations and ADHD
Hello all! What a wonder to, as is so common now, be talking to you through a little screen from inside my house. Even though I would’ve had to write this whether I was in…
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19 June 2020
How does a National Historic Site, built in 1759, go virtual?
Turn on laptop. Login. Click to Join Meeting. This year has definitely served as an important time to slow down, reflect, and find ways to make our situations better; that’s exactly what my virtual internship…
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