03 October 2018
June was full of guidance and personal reflection
I credit my month to April Alix from the Providence Parks Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership and Janis Nepshinsky from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. Both of them had me travel between Kettle Pond Visitors…
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02 October 2018
Enjoyment, Education and Responsibilities
One month ago, to the day, I began my internship at the Stewart B. McKinney Wildlife Refuge- although it hardly feels like more than a week has passed. After arriving in the wonderfully forested Westbrook,…
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01 October 2018
Interning at a National Wildlife Refuge Complex
What’s better than working at one National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)? The answer is working at multiple refuges at the same time!!! Since last summer, I have interning at the newly named Lenape National Wildlife Refuge…
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19 September 2018
HAF Statement on BLM's Rollback of Methane Waste Rule
WASHINGTON - Maite Arce, President and CEO of the Hispanic Access Foundation, released the following statement in response to the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management announcement that it will roll back the 2016…
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13 July 2018
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Latino Conservation Week Celebrates Contributions to Stewardship
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Latinos are expected to make up nearly a third of the U.S. population by 2050, according to Census projections. So conservation groups want to ensure that Latinos stay engaged in environmental…
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27 June 2018
COLORADO POLITICS: ‘Methane Rule’ for Oil and Gas is a Safeguard for Coloradans’ Health
The Bureau of Land Management’s Methane Waste and Prevention Rule is the epitome of common sense. It requires oil and gas companies that maintain operations on tribal and federal public lands – land that is…
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