by Marianna Buckel of Westminster College A little over a week ago we received our assignments of which family/ Campo we would call home for a week, as an opportunity to immerse in the local culture of Cochrane. My assignment…
By Teddy Charlton of Westminster College Last week, our Round River cohort spent a total of seven nights and eight days in Valle Chacabuco which is part of Patagonia National Park (PNP). The landscape is incredibly beautiful and unlike anything…
By Bailey Fuhrmann of the University of Puget Sound On October 3rd we left for Valle Chacabuco to conduct guanaco (Lama guanacoe) research for the week. The goal of our research was to map the extent of guanaco and estimate…
by Kira Corasanti of the University of Vermont On Monday, September 26, we woke up to a rainy cold morning, more excited at the prospect of staying in our quincho and drinking mate than going out for our first backpacking…
By Christian Soychak of the University of Vermont My journey to Botswana started early at four in the morning on September 20th. Having always wanted to visit Africa, I was worried that I wouldn’t get enough sleep due to excitement,…
by Madeline Waterman of the University of Vermont When our group first arrived around 2 a.m. at the Whitehorse Airport, everyone was bleary-eyed, hesitant to make conversation, and more than a little anxious about the onslaught of mosquitoes we were…
Written by Leah Thomas of the University of Pittsburgh A year ago today, July 24, 2021, you couldn’t have convinced me that I would be here in Mongolia. I wouldn’t have imagined that the ground of this basecamp would have…
By Tj Guercio of Colby College and Gitanjali Matthes of Carleton College Round River’s camera trapping project provides unique, systematically collected data on mammal populations in the park’s protected area, but our camera trap project faced some unprecedented challenges on…
by Alex Railic of the University of Vermont In the first week of arriving in Atlin, there was some discussion about our group arriving at the south end of Atlin Lake – an area rarely visited by even the locals,…
by Christine Fleming of the University of Vermont At around 10pm on July 13th, we loaded into our two dirt-covered pickup trucks for the latest round of wildlife monitoring. With thermoses of hot tea in our hands and music blasting…
by Ella Reilich-Godino of the College of the Atlantic and Gila Goodwin of Colorado College On June 29th, we piled eight Americans, five Mongolians, and our abundance of gear into two vans and hit the dusty trail to begin our…
By Talia Loiter of the University of Vermont The first two-ish weeks here have absolutely flown by. It seems like the program is about a 3rd of the way over before having even really started. Life in Atlin is pretty…
By Ashlynd Greenwood of Weber State University Barry Lopez in “A Literature of Place” once asked, how is it that one can occupy a space and also have it occupy you? Lopez continued on this thought by mentioning the act…
By Caton Langston of the University of Montana The great trek to the Darhad valley for me began in Boise, Idaho. After a quick flight to San Francisco, I was soon aboard a 12-hour flight to Seoul, South Korea. After…
By Josh Nelson of the College os Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University One of the main attractions for safari tourist in Botswana are the carnivores. Lions, hyenas, wild dogs, and leopards are species we all get excited about. The…
by Adriane Mason of the University of Vermont Many interconnected parts make up an ecosystem. Since I arrived in Botswana, my group has been fully immersed into all aspects of the Okavango Delta as we have entered and explored many…
By Abaigeal Carroll of the University of Vermont As I sit down to write this blog it is 3 o’clock in the morning. The night sky? Full of stars. My dirty travel mug? Overflowing with coffee. The spotify playlist…