We slept like dogs by the fireside and awoke to the fog, as it was all around us. As the morning glow shudders across the bitter breath of Lake Superior, the cry of loons can be heard from the base of the channel. The...
Howdy! My name is Jeremiah Wright and this summer I'll be working as an ecology assistant for Isle Royale National Park (ISRO). I am a second-year undergraduate student at Texas A&M University pursuing a B.S in wildlife and fisheries science with a minor in environmental...
Featured photo credit: JIM BRANDENBURG/MINDEN PICTURES/National Geographic Creative The snowshoe hare goes through a change every year from a bright white fur coat to a deep brown one. This change helps snowshoe hares blend in with the changing forests and avoid predation. The change isn’t sudden,...
Well my internship is coming to an end in the next couple days, and simply put: I have loved every minute of it. Except for the mosquitos. And flies. Bugs aside though, I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work at Pictured...
(Photo by Patrick Durkin) When I first heard of Isle Royale National Park, I remember I was sitting in my ecology class at the University of Michigan. We had a whole week of just studying the predator and prey relationship’s here on the island. Isle Royale’s...
So far, my favorite part of this internship has been the diversity of projects and people I've been able to work with. While I have my primary project on Lowney Creek, I also get to be involved with a variety of other park initiatives. Here...
During my time here at Pictured Rocks I have really enjoyed tapping into the culture of the Department of the Interior (DOI), the National Park Service (NPS), and Pictured Rocks itself. Starting at the widest scale, I mostly get information about the DOI and NPS...
Featured photo: The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin This week I was suppose to write about an influential person. I found this topic to be extremely difficult as this island has large number of influential people living here, that I have had the opportunity of getting...
My project this year aims to identify the impacts of low-head dams in the Beaver Basin Wilderness Area of Pictured Rocks. Prior to the park’s establishment in 1966, Lowney Creek, a tributary to Beaver Lake that runs through Beaver Basin, was dammed to create a...
Since the reintroduction of wolves to Isle Royale National Park, many different prey species have felt the effects that these new predators bring. Snowshoe hare are a vital part of the ecosystem here on Isle Royale. They provide a duty to help maintain low growth...