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I may be doing my internship remotely this summer, but I can assure you I will be extremely present on your LCD screens.  Hi! I’m Samantha Ye, the science communication intern for the Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance (UERLA), based in Washington D.C. Starting in June,...

Hello and welcome to my blog! I’m Marwa Mahmoud and I am from Issaquah, Washington. Growing up, I have always seen Mount Rainier - or Takhoma - emerging in the skyline. Before I start posting about my experience at Mount Rainier National Park, I want...

Greetings from Frederick, Maryland Monocacy RiverPark entrance signRiver bendWorthington House My name is Aubrie Heckel and I am lucky enough to be one of the 2021 Mosaics in Science interns this summer. Over the next three months, I will be working with NPS resource managers as a...

Hello everyone, my name is Sebastian Espinosa and I am a graduate student studying Climate Science at Northern Arizona University. This summer I will be working as a Biological Resource Assistant for the North Cascades and Cascades Monitoring & Inventory Network. My work will primarily...

Hey everyone, my name is Will Tsai and welcome to my blog! I am currently a student at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa majoring in Environmental Science and Political Science. Prior to Des Moines, I grew up in Portland, Oregon where I first fell...

Hey! Welcome to my blog! My name is Ty. I'm from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and I am going into my sophomore year at Wake Forest University where I'm planning on majoring in Environmental Science. What I want to do with that, I'm not totally sure...

Hello, my name is Lynneva Carroll, and welcome back to my blog. I am here for my second season of Mosaics in Science, which I am so excited to start. This season I am interning for the Central Alaska Network again as a biology and...

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am Jorge Vargas-Barriga, a recent first-generation graduate from the University of Colorado at Boulder where I earned a B.S. in Environmental Engineering. I was born in Aurora, Colorado and have lived my whole life there. The beautiful mountain...

I have found many animals from being outside at Saguaro National Park. My job is to find butterflies and photograph them so we can identify the species, however, I like all the creatures. Even today I found a desert tortoise just sitting on a giant...

One step out of the ordinary, to look for butterflies, record data, and to capture a photo of these dainty insects. The butterfly survey had a great many climbs that challenged me both mentally and physically. One the most important aspects of hiking 4 days...