As I ready myself to leave behind the tight embrace of Skagway's mountains for, eventually, the pleasant rolling hills of southern Indiana, I recall a conversation I had with my mother a few weeks ago following another bout of self-doubt over my coastal waterbird project:...
Songs of the Week: "Insomniac" by Memo Boy and "Witches" by Alice Phoebe Lou Hey y'all! It's been a while hasn't it? Since it's been a while since we talked let me tell you about what's been going on at Rocky and in my life since...
Photo of myself halfway to Sourdough Lookout! This season there has been a lot of growth. Not only by the plants here at the native plant restoration program, but myself too. I have expanded current skills, and gained new ones. I have learned more about...
Summer is in full swing here at the North Cascades. We have had many weeks where temperatures have been in the high 90s or low 100s! Fires are throwing smoke in the air, and the warmer weather is attracting more visitors. Luckily, we have yet...
It rains here! They say monsoon season is here, and, as you can see above, the mountains can even make a rainy day look good. I finally deployed my final recorder a few weeks ago. Since then, I’ve been hiking all over, doing regular maintenance on...
Once again, it’s me, Ivan. But hopefully you know that by now. Welcome back to another installment of my blog. Since last time, I have been keeping up with regular deployment and maintenance of the audio monitors. For the most part, it’s been business as usual....
This past weekend, I was honored to give the first ever "Geology Tour" of the Mission walls for Latino Conservation Week. This week, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park will host a series of events and activities to highlight the passions and preservation efforts of...
Hi Everyone, Last blog post, we left off on taking the fog monitoring stations out in the field. This week, we will talk about programming two of our weather stations that are attached to the fog monitoring stations. To give you a little background information, initially we...
Denali National Park has its own fixed-wing plane and pilot Justin Wiseman. My supervisor, Geographic Information Systems Specialist Britta Schroeder planned a Structure from Motion flight over the park road. Structure from motion (SfM) is the process of estimating the 3-D structure of a scene...
As a science communication assistant at Olympic National Park, I work with the interpretive ranger team at the Kalaloch Ranger Station information desk and also work on interpretive educational programs. While our adult visitors have many important frequently asked questions ("Where is the nearest gas...