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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...

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Finding 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...

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My 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...

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Nature 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...

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5 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...

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Am 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...

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A 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...

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A 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,...

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Inspired 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...

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The 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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