“You want to go into water management. What does that mean?” I could not tell you how many times I have been asked what a career in water entailed. Water is fundamental to all life…

I recently attended the Arctic Tourism panel organized by the Arctic Youth Ambassadors policy group. The panel was hosted Sam Schimmel, Danielle Stickman, and Matt Atkinson who all have businesses related to tourism in Alaska,…

I have reached the halfway point of my position in the Directorate Fellowship Program (DFP) with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). At this point, I have developed a much better perspective on the…

Hello everyone! The last two months have flown by in the blink of an eye while I have been working on the Quantitative Conservation Safeguards for Oil and Gas Effects project in New Mexico. After…

Photo of a San Bruno Elfin larva on sedum from a site visit. Courtesy of Samantha M. Lantz. I am at the halfway mark in my summer as a FWS fellow and the time seems…

To say that it has been a busy couple of weeks would be an understatement, and I was floored when I realized today that my fellowship is already halfway through! As I mentioned in my…