07 July 2021
Saltwater Salamanders
I’m in Albuquerque! I’ve never been so far west before, so it’s been so cool to see a totally different ecosystem. Unlike the northern hardwoods of the northeast and the pine barrens of the southeast…
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07 July 2021
NBC LATINO: Latino heritage sites, including a park, river and bodega, need preservation, group urges
Latino preservationists listed a Dominican-owned bodega in Providence, Rhode Island, an east Los Angeles park that served as the gathering place for historic Chicano student walkouts, and five other locations as Latino heritage sites in…
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07 July 2021
New Report Highlights Seven Latino Heritage Sites in Need of Protection
A new report, Place, Story and Culture: An Inclusive Approach to Protecting Latino Heritage Sites, released today by the Latino Heritage Scholars, an initiative of the Hispanic Access Foundation, emphasizes the need for the protection…
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07 July 2021
What It's All About
I first applied as to the Directorate Fellows Progrm (DFP) internship with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as an opportunity to gain some much needed experience in my field of study. Navigating through my…
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06 July 2021
USFWS Cares for People as Much as Wildlife
I’ve learned so much already on this DFP journey. One topic I didn’t anticipate learning so much about was accessibility. While I hadn’t heard of "508 compliance” before my fellowship began, it quickly became a…
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06 July 2021
A summer with the Clear Creek Gambusia
This summer I have the amazing opportunity to work with a federally endangered species of fish, the Clear Creek Gambusia (Gambusia heterochir). The species is native to a single spring in the head waters of…
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