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The plants begin to consume your mind, you walk with your eyes constantly scanning the ground for the tracks of who may have been here before you. There’s this feeling when you began to understand an ecosystem. It is almost as is you start to move through these spaces as if you are one with it, rather than above it.
Conservation is one language. To speak it is to approach the natural landscape through a valuable scientific lens. But we cannot account for the words our language misses. The cultural and historical connections, the footers at the end of the page. This highlights the importance of incorporating traditional ecological knowledge, such as Nyman’s, into conservation efforts. The more knowledge that can be compiled, the more likely we will be to truly conserve these landscapes in their entirety, not just in the language we understand.
by Madeline Waterman of the University of Vermont When our group first arrived around 2 a.m. at the Whitehorse Airport, everyone was bleary-eyed, hesitant to make conversation, and more than a little anxious about the onslaught of mosquitoes we were…
by Alex Railic of the University of Vermont In the first week of arriving in Atlin, there was some discussion about our group arriving at the south end of Atlin Lake – an area rarely visited by even the locals,…
by Christine Fleming of the University of Vermont At around 10pm on July 13th, we loaded into our two dirt-covered pickup trucks for the latest round of wildlife monitoring. With thermoses of hot tea in our hands and music blasting…