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Round River

Botswana, Uncategorized

A story of two rivers: From the Missouri Ozarks to the Okavango Delta

The parents who taught me to fish loved sending me to study abroad in Botswana. They sent me down to the creek to grow up with crawdads and copperheads, so crocodiles were a natural progression. “Our daughter’s going to Africa!” they’d say to anyone who’d listen at the St. Louis, MO airport. I was their little fish swimming out to a big pond — a very big, very scary pond full of lions.

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LAC Attack!

By Kendall Muzzy of the University of Vermont             Last research trip officially in the books! For the past 3 days, we have been in the Tamango sector of Patagonia National Park collecting data for the Least Acceptable Change (LAC)…

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Let’s Get Crack-a-LACin’!

By Emily Rothe of the University of Vermont First research expedition in the books – heck yeah! This was our longest trip of the program and it’s gonna be a hard one to beat! We collected seeds, removed invasive plants,…

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Homestays

by Emily Taylor of University of Vermont Homestays. One week ago, we were all dropped off by the familiarity of our instructors and the comfort of speaking English, into the home of a local family. On Thursday of last week,…