Round River Conservation Studies combines academics, conservation science, and adventure, bringing small groups of university students to Chilean Patagonia to investigate population dynamics of endangered species, evaluate protected area management strategies, and explore newly exposed terrain as glaciers retreat from…
Written October 29, 2015 By Caitlin Eichten (Carleton College) We spent our sixth week in Patagonia at Base Camp in Cochrane working on midterms. Although we busied ourselves the majority of the week with studying and preparing for our…
By Fen Bowen (Colby College) Which animal is the largest of the antelope family, and is found patchily in East and Southern Africa? Which animal relies on dense thicket for evasion from predators, and when running will lift its…
By Drew Stazesky (University of New Hampshire) Hey everyone! We’ve started our final week conducting research in the Chobe Enclave of northern Botswana, and I’ll give some brief updates before continuing onto the main subject of my first blog…
Week of October 19, 2015 By Katin Liphart (Carleton College) Sometimes in life, you just need to go climb a mountain. There’s no rhyme or reason to it, nothing tangible can be gained from hiking up a piece of rock….