Week of October 10th, 2015 By Matt McIntosh (Marlboro College) We spent this week in the future Patagonia National Park working on a few different projects. We spent Monday and Tuesday surveying the Chacabuco Valley for guanaco, camping in the…
By Louise Bishop (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) A week ago we moved to the very northeast corner of Botswana where four countries (Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) come together at a river oasis. We drove 12 hours from our previous camp…
By Louise Bishop (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) Dwarf mongoose are an intriguing and social species. They are similar in size to the tree squirrel, but much more elusive. So far, I have seen dwarf mongoose a total of three times….
Round River students in Patagonia joined Guardaparques from the Chilean Forest Service (CONAF) to survey territory recently added to the Tamango National Reserve for huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus). The reserve near the small town of Cochrane historically maintained a robust…
Written October 13, 2015 By Louise Bishop (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) Dumela! Yesterday marked three weeks since we arrived in Botswana. We are currently staying at Banoka camp, in the Khwai concession area. Although it’s cliché to say, time really…