Each year Round River students assist the Chilean Forestry Service (CONAF) in its census of one of the most important huemul populations in the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park. This year our students found 36 huemules over several study areas. Round…
By Paige Mathison, of Westminster College I start my day waking up to the sunrise shining through acacia trees. I head over to the kitchen tent and grab corn flakes and peanut butter for breakfast. I sit and eat to…
Image 1: One of our only sources of light pollution in the bush. Photo by Sam Christopher. By Sam Christopher, of the University of Vermont As the rainy season has started to spare us from constant clouds and rain,…
Hiking out of the coigue forest, the Mosco Valley opens in all its fall splendor. Photo by Shalynn Pack. By Cormac Quinn, of the College of Saint Benedict | Saint John’s University The Mosco Valley has it all. At its…
by Selma Siekert – University of Vermont The morning brings with it early rising and breakfast – an array of granola, bran-flakes, Weetabix, and an abundance of peanut butter. In the young hours of the day, students gather together…