Written November 28, 2015 By Amanda Ramsing-Lund (University of Vermont) If you’re like our group of dedicated Disney fans, you might have just started singing the uplifting chorus of the opening song in the Lion King. Although we will…
Written November 26, 2015 By Maria Nappi (Westminster College) While everyone back home woke up and started cooking and prepping for friends and family to spend Thanksgiving together, our Round River family woke up and packed our bags for…
Written November 18, 2015 By Kelsey Hamm (University of Vermont) I remember stepping off the plane in Santiago airport on September 22nd, finding Lainey, Peter and Ryan almost immediately. We made our way through customs and sat at a…
Written November 18, 2015 By Drew Stazesky (University of New Hampshire) I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to celebrate my 22nd birthday (on November 18th) in the African bush, at our amazing campsite located in Mababe,…
Written November 15, 2015 By Louise Bishop (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) Today marks one month left until the end of our time in Botswana and one month until we will all attempt to integrate ourselves into society again. I,…
Written November 11, 2015 By Forrest Rosenbower (Northland College) Yesterday we went to Victoria Falls in Zambia. Our day began with a morning full of sleep, waking up at 6:00a.m. to gather our gear for the trip. When 7:30am…
Written November 19, 2015 By Emma Velis (Carleton College) If you will forgive me the irony of starting with an ending, I would like to begin with a sunset. The afternoon of November 4th, we made ourselves at home…
Written 11/4/15 By Chrissy St. Hilaire (St. Michael’s College) Patagonia is said to be one of the most untouched pieces of nature on the planet. Here, twelve students, three instructors, and two CONAF officials are searching for one of the…
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….
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…