Spring breaks are for road trips (with plenty of carpooling and as much energy efficiency as possible of course), and so on a Friday afternoon I threw my bags in the back of a carContinue reading
Author: Erika Zambello
Erika is a 2015 MEM graduate with a concentration in Ecosystem Science and Conservation. She grew up in southern Maine surrounded by a beautiful environment, inspiring her to pursue conservation in her graduate work. Studying Government and Anthropology as an undergraduate at Cornell and working in the development department of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace between her undergrad and graduate studies has prompted her to bring multiple disciplines to her study of the natural world. She is a National Geographic Young Explorer, and currently works as a Marine Economic and Tourist Development Resource Coordinator, using ecotourism to strengthen conservation and restoration along the coast of Florida.
Night and Day at Sandy Creek Park
It isn’t often that I have a chance to visit a local park at night. First, darkness creeps me out a little. Second, I’m generally not allowed in parks after sunset. Last Monday however, myContinue reading
A Return to my Favorite Virginia Beach Marshes
I honed my birding skills over the summer by taking daily walks in the Pleasure House Point marshes of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Starting in May I must have walked the mile down and mile backContinue reading
The Wonderful World of Wildife Surveys
One of the best classes I have signed up for this semester is Wildlife Surveys. I entered the Nicholas School at Duke with little (okay, almost zero) field experience. Though I love the outdoors, IContinue reading
Inspiration from a Trip to Washington, DC
Sometimes it’s good to get away for a bit, even if “a bit” is a mere 36 hours. With that in mind last weekend I left my Durham worries behind and boarded the busContinue reading
Transforming Duke Gardens after a North Carolina Snowstorm
Last week was my first North Carolina snow. I have seen snow before, feet and feet and feet of snow in New England where I grew up. But this was southern snow, which meant itContinue reading
Exploring the Outer Banks for the First Time: Day Two
This article is a continuation of Exploring the Outer Banks for the First Time: Day One 7:00 a.m. Time to rise and shine. Cell phone alarms buzzed us awake just as the sun was risingContinue reading
Exploring the Outer Banks for the First Time: Day One
I had heard the hype about the Outer Banks. Books, movies, articles, and word of mouth all led me to believe that the Outer Banks was one of the most beautiful places south of theContinue reading
Aruba: Three Invasive Species that Turned My Black-and-White to Gray
Invasive species are all around us, not only as we go about our day to day lives, but also whenever we travel, well, anywhere. Invasive species are an inevitable part of life in the globalContinue reading
An Owl Prowl: Searching for the Snowy Owl
2013 was a strange year for Snowy Owls. In what is called an irruption year, thousands of Hedwig look-alikes (for all you Harry Potter fans out there) have left the Canadian tundra and spread asContinue reading