Patagonia

Guana Go to Valle Chacabuco?

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…

Botswana

Arriving in Beautiful Botswana

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,…

Taku

Final Blog, Taku 2022

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…

Mongolia

Toughin’ it Out for Vansemberuu

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…

Mongolia

Wet Socks and Snowcocks

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…

Taku

Journey to the Southern End of Atlin Lake

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,…

Mongolia

Pika Surveys

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…

Taku

Hello from British Columbia!

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…

Taku

Ashlynd in Atlin

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…

Botswana

The Birds of Botswana

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…

Botswana

A Beautiful Life in Botswana

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…

Botswana

Names

by Leah Israel of the University of Vermont A symphony of names floods my head in many languages. This tree is called Mopane to some, Colophospermum mopane to others, and some might simply call her The Elephant Ear Tree. The…

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by Leah Israel of the University of Vermont A symphony of names floods my head in many languages. This tree is called Mopane to some, Colophospermum mopane to others, and some might simply call her The Elephant Ear Tree. The...
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