…she said. Her team creates social cohesion and a sense of place—offering activities like kayaking, coordinating youth organizers for service projects, building skills like English for speakers of other languages, and training people to become effective organizers within their community. They talk to residents about energy efficiency and storm…
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…the abundance of wildlife, mainly jaguar and puma. Costa Rica was possible, Olson said, because in 2013, Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation Areas teamed up with the US National Park Service to sign a sister park agreement between the Osa Conservation Area and the national parks of the Great…
…to future filmmaking opportunities, mentioning that jobs at the Park Service or interpreting at a nature center sound exciting but she would really like to focus on wildlife documentary filmmaking. “Whatever I end up doing,” she says. “I hope to be able to educate on environmental issues and promote conservation…
…Lehr said that researchers and park service personnel have often wondered why sediment plumes out of the Bad River take a hard left and hug the shore when most of the main currents travel the opposite direction. “The eddy is so interesting that we plan to do some future simulations…
…in honor of the Wheeler family’s service to the region and to the Institution. Just eight years later, a fire gutted the building. With the help of student and faculty contributions, it was rebuilt in five months, in time for school in the fall! But, with four stories rather than…
…were within one hundred meters of us at one point. We even heard them howl. Brittany Goudos-Weisbecker, Senior Natural resources with a forestry emphasis Future plans? My long-term career goal is to work for the US Forest Service What about wolves interests you? The pack dynamic; it is fascinating how…
