Reflecting on AAAS 2015
Earlier this month I attended the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in sunny San Jose, CA. This is a giant conference that brings in researchers from...
View ArticleFinding the common thread: Community-based Environmental Management in...
Earlier this month, I traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico over spring break as part of a community-based environmental management class taught by Dr. Liz Shapiro through the Duke Environmental Leadership...
View ArticleMy Wild Life in Wildlife Surveys
Earlier this semester, I got to taxidermy a bird. This was kind of gross but mostly cool, because at the time I thought, when else am I going to get to see a bird this close and actually hold it in my...
View ArticleNature Sounds
After living on campus for four years, I consider myself very fortunate to now have a forest at my backyard and a park within walking distance. I’ve spent a lot of time at that park this year, and...
View Article5 Books that Inspired My Love of Nature
Some people have pretty great stories about what inspired them to work in environmental conservation. It’s usually a single event — one experience that ignited a passion for some particular animal, or...
View ArticleAm I “In Nature” Right Now?
This semester I’m taking a class called Urban Ecology with Dr. James Heffernan. We’ve had some pretty good discussions about nature and cities in this class, and it’s made me think. I tend to think of...
View ArticleA Safe Haven for Big Cats
Carolina Tiger Rescue is a sanctuary in Pittsboro that currently houses almost 50 animals: tigers, lions, caracals, servals, cougars, ocelots, and kinkajous. A few weeks ago I got to tour the sanctuary...
View ArticleA New Year’s Resolution
Despite being avowed nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts, my peers and I seem to spend remarkably little time in the environments we are learning to manage. Between long hours spent in classes, labs,...
View ArticleInspired by Nature
In my last post, I listed all the cool natural areas of North Carolina that I was going to visit this semester. These trips were meant to make me spend more time in nature and give me a break from the...
View ArticleThe Great and Not-So-Dismal Swamp
Six months ago I included Lake Drummond, in the heart of the Great Dismal Swamp, in a list of places I wanted to go this year. Now I am happy to report that I can cross it off my list. Sunset on Lake...
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