November 3, 2014 By Natalie Stoneburner (CSBSJU) After successfully completing our first backpacking adventure in the Fjords, our group spent a few days recuperating in CONAF’s refugio in Fiordo Bernardo. In the refugio (a small remote house built for…
Thanks to everyone who submitted photos for our first Alumni Photo Contest! We received over 200 of photographs from Namibia, Botswana, Patagonia, British Columbia, and Wyoming – all taken by alumni of our student programs. Winners for each category are posted below….
By Taylor Schlichting (Colby College) We awkwardly stood, the center of attention at the front of the classroom, about twenty five expectant eyes on us. “So we’re from Round River Conservation Studies” Rebekah begins, introducing herself and stating her…
Written October 24, 2014. By Karissa Killian (Westminster College) On our second day in the Hoanib river bed on October 23rd, having seen five, young, collared male lions on our way into the Hoanib the day before, we decide…
Written October 13, 2014 By Blaise Sullivan (University of Vermont) What a day. What an absolutely crazy day. I’ll give a little context to where we’ve been: we arrived in Tortel seven days ago, a town of 500 people in…