I awoke in the hours before the pre-dawn hours when even the crickets have gone to bed. The day’s plan – a trip into Tarangire National Park! We piled all the days necessities into “OldContinue reading
Category: conservation
Christy Ihlo
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
The Bittersweet Elephant
It was a typical morning, out for a spoor tracking transect run early. Not too many animals to be seen, as per usual. And then we came around the corner and an elephant was rightContinue reading
Christy Ihlo
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
A Living Wall is Born
I awoke to a cool and cloudy morning, quickly breakfasted, and then joined Paulo for a ride to the village of Emboret. Today’s task – take photographs and video of a new living wall beingContinue reading
Christy Ihlo
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
Lions, and Leopards, and Cheetahs… Oh My!
So it occurred to me recently that I have been posting quite a bit about individual experiences here in Tanzania, but not so much about what I am actually doing here. So I thought IContinue reading
Christy Ihlo
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
The Leopard’s Paw
“Sesame, Sesame.” Sitoti, one of the Hadza trackers, was perched above the headlights of “Old Sally,” one of APW’s Land Rovers. He held up his hand and said those fateful words we had been hopingContinue reading
Christy Ihlo
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
Big Cat Populations in Loibor Siret Tanzania, conservation, internships, students, travel
The Stakeout
Primates have always been my favorite group of animals. Once upon a time, I thought my career would be devoted to primate behavior and conservation. So, as soon as Laly mentioned that there are some bushbabies thatContinue reading
Emily Myron
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, students, travel
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, students, travel
Lessons from the bush
Besides that Fanta Passion Fruit is the possibly the best drink ever, I have learned a couple other important lessons during my time here. After reading Tawnee’s blog post about her experience working for a nonprofit,Continue reading
Emily Myron
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, students, travel
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, students, travel
Hunting for the Hadzabe
Tracking down the trackers we need to help do some Loibor lion tracking! As part of her PhD dissertation, Laly tracked lion spore (footprints) in order to estimate lion population numbers inside and outside ofContinue reading
Amanda Close
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, Slide Shows, students, travel
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, Slide Shows, students, travel
My Time in Ethiopia
Been finished with my time in Ethiopia for a bit now and am now in Tanzania, but here’s a bit of my thoughts on my time prior. [portfolio_slideshow] I ended up spending some 6 daysContinue reading
Amanda Close
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, students, travel
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, students, travel
My Experience
So I’m just going to have to go ahead and skip some overdue entries to get on record today. For a quick history, we have been working with our village game scouts over the pastContinue reading