The summer has come and gone, and I am finishing my last week at the park. Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area quickly became a second home, and I’m sad to say goodbye. I can tell I will be homesick the moment I leave the Oregon coast. This journey has been Read more…
“Pueden contestar en Español” a burst of hands go up as suddenly, students who were too shy to participate, began to raise their hands in excitement. I felt so proud to see so many children that were enthusiastic about speaking Spanish. At the end of our program Lily and I handed Read more…
One of our goals for this internship has been to provide Spanish tours at Elkhorn Slough Reserve. After taking the naturalist training course, shadowing other guides, and volunteering with different project for ESNERR we have finally reached our opportunity to do so. We are scheduled to do Spanish tours every Read more…
Although we are all witnessing signs of spring, shorebirds have not yet arrived to the Copper River Delta here in Cordova, Alaska. Therefore I have not yet started my shorebird surveys here. The Copper River Delta is a stopover site for millions of shorebirds who will be visiting later in Read more…
In spite of its urbanized location, Richardson Bay is one of the most pristine estuaries in the Pacific Coast. Nine hundred acres of open water are protected by Richardson Bay under the management of the National Audubon Society. Richardson Bay is an important feeding and resting area for over one Read more…
Our final America’s Great Outdoors internship site featured is unlike the others presented in our past blog posts. This site will be in the metro Washington DC area, at the USDA Forest Service’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. A very exciting opportunity! Internship work at this location will focus on coordinating Read more…