When we insist on shared values and universal human experiences, we erase these productive differences and cripple the potential for equitable collaboration.
Category: water
Amanda Close
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, conservation, internships, students, water
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, conservation, internships, students, water
Multi-Use Management of Water
Working on the BLM’s Western Rivers and Streams Assessment Project all summer has taught me a lot about the multi-use and inter-agency management of the public lands and waters of the United States. Growing upContinue reading
Amanda Close
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, internships, students, water
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, internships, students, water
Adventure Science
Adventure Science. This became our motto as my first 14 day stream sampling hitch progressed. After all, we were backpacking up to 14 miles to get to our sampling sites. What’s more, we never hadContinue reading
Amanda Close
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, conservation, internships, students, travel, water
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, conservation, internships, students, travel, water
Packed and Ready for the Field!
Training is officially over and I will finally be leaving on my first hitch for the summer tomorrow! It’s hard to believe that its only been three weeks since I arrived in Utah. I feelContinue reading
Amanda Close
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, conservation, internships, students, water
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, conservation, internships, students, water
Training in Northern Utah
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
Elwha River: Restoration and Recreation
This past weekend I had the opportunity to raft the Elwha River. The Elwha may be familiar to even those that have never spent time on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. It is theContinue reading
Maria Prebble
climate, Environmental and Ecological Security in India, environmental economics, travel, water
climate, Environmental and Ecological Security in India, environmental economics, travel, water
Environmental Degradation & Migration in Rural Rajasthan
Ten thousand years ago, Rajasthan was lush and green. Ancient civilizations prospered off of the fertile farmlands fed by the Saraswati River. Today, the Saraswati River is both legend and history, as it appeared toContinue reading
Michelle Yuan
internships, students, sustainability, Sustainable Tourism in the Bahamas, travel, water
internships, students, sustainability, Sustainable Tourism in the Bahamas, travel, water
Jungle Trek and Cave Diving
Yesterday while at breakfast, I casually ran into Brian Kakuk, a world renowned cave diver. He is the Director of the Bahamas Cave Research Foundation, owner of the Bahamas Underground Technical Diving Facility, a diverContinue reading
Michelle Yuan
internships, students, sustainability, Sustainable Tourism in the Bahamas, travel, water
internships, students, sustainability, Sustainable Tourism in the Bahamas, travel, water
Pulling together a Solar Hot Water System for Small Hope
Working with Small Hope Bay Lodge has been an incredible experience and opportunity to see a project go from vision to completion. The main objectives for the project is to design a working solar hotContinue reading
Lauren Gloekler
Chemical Exposure in China, environmental health, internships, students, travel, water
Chemical Exposure in China, environmental health, internships, students, travel, water
Sampling Adventures in Victoria Harbor
We finally got the samples we needed, after copious amounts of spilled water, a couple bruises and a few seasick graduate students. Our hard work was rewarded with a tasty dim sum feast of sticky rice dumplings, shumai, har gow, and rice.