While Amherst, Massachusetts is most known for its abundance of colleges and the more than twenty thousand undergraduate students that call it home, the outskirts are quiet and quaint. Driving around, it feels like your…

Hi blog readers! My name is Vanessa and I have been in my communications fellowship in NPS for the National Trails System (NTS) since September. I can’t believe it is now March! Since January, I…

In my time with the National Park Service – Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program (NPS-RTCA), my assignments ran the gamut from articles in newsletters to social media posts on Facebook and Twitter. By the…

My communications fellowship with the National Park Service – Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program has finally come to an end. This fellowship was nothing like I had imagined it would be. I originally thought…

The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is on the Gulf of Mexico, about 45 minutes from Rockport, TX. It is located on the Central Flyway which is a bird migration route that migratory birds use to…

Hello, my name is Kameron. I am an African American male who has traveled from Tennessee to New Mexico to assist the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Southwest District. My work largely focuses on…