AmeriCorps 2020: Where is your heart?
This post continues the tale of my AmeriCorps term in Colorado in 2020: performing trail work and ecological restoration for the City of Boulder. The rest of this series is…
Tag: nature
How wildfires can harm wildlife
Wildfires have been increasing in severity and duration in many parts of the world. These fires can devastate human communities, making their impacts on wildlife easy to overlook. Below are some of the negative impacts wildfires can have on wildlife.
Jaguar Protection in Belize through Community Conservation
In this guest post, graduate student Noelle Duerwald argues that community-based conservation offers the best future for jaguars in Belize.
Colorado 2020: Reconnecting with an old friend
August 3, 2020 was one of the most important days for me in Colorado. That’s because it’s when I reconnected with one of my best friends from high school.
Colorado 2020: The Joder Homestead
This post will be a little different. Rather than recounting one of my work days, it will focus on the incredible landscape in which my AmeriCorps crew and I lived: the Joder homestead.
Colorado 2020: COVID Scare
When I moved to Colorado in the summer of 2020 to spend all of my time either working outdoors or being isolated in a house outside of town, I used to brag that I was about as COVID-safe as possible. Events that took place of July 29, 2020 showed that wasn’t entirely true.
Colorado 2020: Treading
July 28, 2020 was our second day working on the Fern-Mesa reroute project. This was the day when we learned how to perform a task called “treading.”
Staying safe in bear country: 6 crucial tips
Here’s another guest post about a crucial topic: how to stay safe in bear country. While I was in Montana, someone got killed by a grizzly bear down the road from me because she ignored all of the safety advice. If you’re going to be spending time in bear country, please read this post!
The Jaguar 