Nevada

Nearly a month ago, I went on my first ever field hitch to deploy bat detectors in Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. Since then, I've: published a bat protocol brief, slept in a haunted cabin, learned about the endemic species of the Mojave and Great Basin...

Hi everyone! Welcome to my Summer 2021 Blog Post series. To get the formalities out of the way, I'll go ahead and introduce myself: My name is Jenelle Booker, a graduated senior from The College of Wooster. This past spring, I graduated with a BA in...

I spent most of this week in park wide training for first season park service staff but at the end of the week I led a hike on the Chilkoot Trail with the goal to reach several sample sites. When I was not in training...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to enter a cave by sinking up to your chest in a pool of quicksand-like packrat poop? [caption id="attachment_1493" align="aligncenter" width="412"] One dirty job. Photo taken by Becca Miller, NPS.[/caption] If not, I'm here to tell you that it is a...