Bank angle, embeddedness, bankfull height, canopy cover… These are just a few of the parameters that I will be measuring this summer as part of the Western Rivers and Streams Assessment (WRSA). Training is inContinue reading
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Reflections on Culture and Connections
Internships can be hit or miss. Once, in college, I had an internship where my supervisor gave me one thing to do about every week or two that took me just a few hours, soContinue reading
An Exploration of Geneva
Bonjour! Comment ca-va? Unfortunately, the French language skills I gained while in high school need a lot of refreshing. I must apologize to Mrs. Luppinaci-Reed who was my amazing French teacher –> Je suis desoleeContinue reading
Maria Prebble
Environmental and Ecological Security in India, environmental health, human health, internships, students, travel
Environmental and Ecological Security in India, environmental health, human health, internships, students, travel
Mahals & Maternal Mortality
“The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs and makes the sun and moon shed tears from their eyes.” – Emperor Shah Jahan And Shan Jahan was right—the Taj Mahal is quite simply theContinue reading
Ian Markham
internships, Of Mice and Men in Gabon: Exploring how Hunting and Logging Affect Mammal Communities and Forest Regeneration, students, travel
internships, Of Mice and Men in Gabon: Exploring how Hunting and Logging Affect Mammal Communities and Forest Regeneration, students, travel
The Zen of Fieldwork
Have you ever sat and meditated in a cloud of stingless bees? Listened to the humming of their tiny wings slicing through the air as they throng around you? Felt the tickle of their tinyContinue reading
Ian Markham
conservation, internships, Of Mice and Men in Gabon: Exploring how Hunting and Logging Affect Mammal Communities and Forest Regeneration, students, travel
conservation, internships, Of Mice and Men in Gabon: Exploring how Hunting and Logging Affect Mammal Communities and Forest Regeneration, students, travel
In the Footsteps of Giants
“The laid made plans of mice and men often go astray” -John Steinbeck You would think given the title of the blog, or any other fieldwork I’ve done over the past ten years or so,Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Ego: Does it Inhibit or Accelerate Success?
The same attitude that gets a business off the ground can sometimes be the cause of its failure. I’m back in the United States (Durham, NC) after a 6-week consulting stint in México and I’veContinue reading
Maggie Ernest
conservation, internships, Mapping Habitat for the San Martin Titi Monkey in Peru, students, travel
conservation, internships, Mapping Habitat for the San Martin Titi Monkey in Peru, students, travel
Finally, tocónes!
The motor taxi vibrated violently beneath the road, the constant shaking the only thing keeping me awake this morning at 5:30am. But, through the dimly breaking dawn I could still see it in the distance,Continue reading
Maggie Ernest
conservation, internships, Mapping Habitat for the San Martin Titi Monkey in Peru, students, sustainability, travel
conservation, internships, Mapping Habitat for the San Martin Titi Monkey in Peru, students, sustainability, travel
Lions and tigers and bears (and monkeys)! Oh my!
As I’ve traveled the world, one thing has been glaringly obvious to me: deforestation is threatening our biodiversity. In the US, we are so used to seeing parking lots rather than forest; we no longerContinue reading
Shannon Switzer
CEM, coasts, environmental policy, internships, oceans, student life, students, Video Posts
CEM, coasts, environmental policy, internships, oceans, student life, students, Video Posts
Stanback & the Crocodile Island
I’ve had Cuba on the brain for the past 11 weeks. Cuban cigars, Cuban Rum and Cuban baseball. Well, not quite. No, as a Stanback Intern with the Environmental Defense Fund in Raleigh, I’ve beenContinue reading