By Ayana Harscoet of Bowdoin College We arrived at Marisol’s by truck on a cloudless afternoon, shaking a thick layer of dust off our packs (Anna had left the tailgate open, leaving them exposed to the dirt road). She found…
By Rachael Podtburg of University of Vermont February 16th, 2020 My usual birthday wake up is a phone call from my best friend at midnight on my birthday. We’ve had this tradition since we had our first phones, and it’ll…
By Carrie Finkelstein of University of Vermont Hello from the end of the road! I mean this in the most positive and literal of ways; for the last ten days, my team and I have been exploring the area around…
By Adam Blachly of Middlebury College I’ve always been a believer that education is one of the best ways to connect with the natural world. Education is a tool for appreciation, for questioning, for research. While there is fundamental beauty…
By Anna Bosco of Oberlin College On a dreary and windy weekday morning, (I’d long lost track of which day it was) I found myself bushwhacking through thorny scrub on a steep hill face, scanning my surroundings for signs of…