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...
Hello, July! Can you believe that?! I guess it is true that time flies when you're having fun.Summer has officially arrived here in the North Cascades. It took it's sweet time to arrive, but the snow on the mountains is FINALLY melting off. That being...
Two fog monitoring stations ready for deployment Hello everyone! Taro here, checking in with an update on our fog monitoring project at Cabrillo National Monument! Things have been very busy here! Since Cabrillo is a park right next to the San Diego Bay, it gets many, many visitors...
Did you know that there are multiple species of buttercup (genus Ranunculus)? We have a handful of native buttercup species here in Washington State; however, I believe a lot of people consider them weeds. Even so, I think they are very eye-catching little flowers. Pictured...
Greetings from the North Cascades National Park! My name is Julia Dahlquist and I have gotten an amazing opportunity to be a Natural Resource Management Assistant here in the North Cascades. Photo of Julia Dahlquist at Boulder River Trail outside of Arlington, WA I studied at...
Hello everyone! My name is James Puentes and this summer I’ll be working as a biology assistant at Biscayne National Park in Homestead, Florida. I’m ecstatic for the next three months of helping environmentalists, biologists, educators, and ecologists conduct their research whilst conducting my own....