My Summer with the refuge was extremely exciting and eventful! In August we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. It was an amazing event where over 200 people…

I started my job/internship search after getting my bachelor’s degree, and as a small-town girl, I was expecting a long commute to my future job. With hard times during this election year and the economy,…

Hi everyone, it has been a great couple months of my internship since my last blog post! Something that I have continued to work on and develop is my outreach. Over the past couple months…

Since starting my role as a Recreation and Lands Specialist with the US Forest Service, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to work alongside geologists, deepening my understanding of the relationship between geology and botany. I’ve…

In the final week of September, I had the opportunity to participate in a site inspection with one of the USDA Forest Service’s environmental engineers, their assistant who doubles as a realty specialist, and my…