Feb 18th – Feb 23rd By Phoebe Howe (Middlebury College) We each began our trip to Botswana in different places – Susanna and Sam from DC, Sarah from Boston, Jack from Burlington, and I (Phoebe) from New Hampshire. It’s…
Recently, we had the opportunity to go to a traditional rodeo and festival in the nearby town of Cochrane–known as the Festival Costumbrista– apparently the biggest event of the year for the normally quiet town. Everyone was super excited though…
Feb 28, 2013 By Mike Howe (Gustavus Adolphus College) Wow! We just returned from our five day backpacking trip on the Aviles Trail. The trail certainly lived up to its hype! On our first day, we departed from what…
We began the first phase in our Round River fieldwork with bird surveys of the lakes throughout the Chacabuco Valley. The bird surveys are an important part of our work here because it gives Conservacion Patagonica an idea of the…
Round River’s base camp, our home for the next 3 months.[/caption] February 24, 2013 Today is my 21st birthday, but the nearest bar is over 4 hours away. Even if I were to somehow get to this bar, the owner…