The Seabird Oceanography Lab is continuing to monitor our one murre chick this season. On the days that I monitored, I did not spot the chick, but luckily one of my lab mates did on Friday! Hooray! There have been no new eggs or chicks added, but we are going Read more…
Have I mentioned how our weekends have turned into workends? Well, they have. Fortunately for us, we spent this Saturday at a birthday bash. We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Oregon Beach Bill. This bill is instrumental in the maintenance and structure of the Oregon coast. Beaches are Read more…
I’ve gotten the opportunity to work with kids more closely this past week and it has been really amazing. Pulling up to the parking lot for summer school program at Siuslaw Elementary school really brought back memories. Two other rangers and I spent two days educating groups of kids that Read more…
I got paid early this week, so obviously, that meant I had money for one more day than usual. Unfortunately for me, I have student loans; all my extra money went to Navient. WARNING: The two following paragraphs contains financial jargon. I have probably misused terms, forgive me. Read more…
In 2012 I had the opportunity to study abroad at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. Studying abroad was a great opportunity to travel and visit the different ecosystems and regions that Oregon has. For this reason, when EFTA offered me the position at Siuslaw National Forest I was very happy Read more…
I cannot believe it is already July! This summer is flying by and I’m enjoying every minute of it. To start, I had a really nice fourth of July made up of delicious food, great friends and amazing fireworks. Also, my work week was pretty relaxing. I conducted my usual Read more…
Today was a really great day, we went out with a wonderful Forest service plant ecologist named Marty Stein and group of young adults to learn more about dunes restoration and to help eradicate a pretty nasty invasive species called European beach grass. This grass usually clumps together creating a Read more…
I have always loved animals since I can remember and I always wanted to be a biologist, but just a few years before I got my biology degree I become interested in birds. In the past, I used to hear and watch birds but I never got interested in understanding Read more…