By: Clare Freid, CSBSJU & Gia Silverman-Randolph, Harper College
Our last week in Mongolia was spent preparing to present our research to the local community […] The day of the presentations, we were running on minimal hours of sleep, but everyone gave very well-articulated, informative presentations. A highlight was getting to see the snow leopard that our camera traps had spotted – a first for any Round River trip!
By: Cade Conahey, Westminster University & Sam Herzig, University of California, Davis
We headed back into the talus to count and measure juvenile and adult Vansemberuu plants across ten plots on the mountain. We accomplished something that no other Round River group has done: We finished all ten plots on the mountain in one day!
By: Mariam Adegoke, Colby College
Welcome to Mariam’s Top 5 list of Beetles found in Taku, British Columbia, Canada on the 2025 Round River trip. In this list, I will be ranking 5 of the beetles I’ve found on this trip based on shape, color, and location they were found in. Stay tuned to see which beetle gets placed at #1!
By: Lauren Schagel, Lake Superior State University.
I loosely held the base of their tail, supported them with my other hand under their belly, and got to tell them they will be alright. I got to see each salmon swim out to Kuthai Lake, continuing their long journey back home.
By: Katie Anthony, University of Vermont
When first arriving in Atlin for the summer, I was skeptical about how much wildlife I would actually get to see. Maybe a moose or two? A grizzly if lucky? Never could I have imagined the number of animals I would get to see during the first three weeks here, let alone in the span of a single day.