10 July 2020
How Scientists Uncover the Secret Lives of Animals
The Hawthorne Effect describes the tendency of individuals to behave differently when they know they are being watched. In the 1920s, researchers tried to figure out how to improve employee productivity by changing up the…
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10 July 2020
Keeping Conservation Relevant
Throughout my internship, I’ve had the privilege of meeting with a number of regional directors and supervisors in the US Fish and Wildlife Service. At some point, the conversation always turned toward asking these leaders…
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10 July 2020
Pollinators
If you’re into conservation and haven’t heard of pollinators by now, you might be living on a planet without flowers. In the past years, buzz about pollinators has skyrocketed with initiatives to “save the bees”…
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09 July 2020
What is Going on at Midway?
Where in the world is Midway? The Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (MANWR) and Battle of Midway National Memorial are located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, one…
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09 July 2020
Thinking ahead: The magic of EPM
I got lucky, if you can really call anyone lucky in the midst of a global pandemic. Unlike some others in my cohort, my assigned project for the Directorate Fellows Program was both close to…
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08 July 2020
Navigating New Waters
I am now embarking on week eight of my eleven-week fellowship. My supervisor warned me in the beginning that the time would cruise by and that I need to anchor myself in the goals and objectives outlined for this position.…
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