26 June 2020
Making Lemonade from Lemons
Lately, I have found myself thinking thoughts like “this pandemic had the worst timing”, and “poor me”. Once I think these thoughts, another part of my brain smacks them down like Lebron James dunking the…
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25 June 2020
Inaugural World Albatross Day
Albatrosses are large, long-lived, iconic seabirds that roam the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans. With wingspans between 5 and 11ft, adults spend the majority of their life soaring over the open water and fishing. Many albatrosses…
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25 June 2020
Greater Sage-grouse and West Nile Virus
The greater sage-grouse is an iconic bird of the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem in the western United States that is best known for the males’ dance moves during the spring breeding season (https://youtu.be/cLnbiTkj1TQ). Historically, the sage-grouse occupied…
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25 June 2020
DIrectorate Fellows Program: Bumble Bee Edition
This summer, I am working with wildlife biologists and botanists from the Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office in Northern California. Although due to COVID-19, I am working from home in Denver, CO, my project has…
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24 June 2020
The New Normal: Working From Home with Obligations and ADHD
Hello all! What a wonder to, as is so common now, be talking to you through a little screen from inside my house. Even though I would’ve had to write this whether I was in…
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20 June 2020
HAF Applauds Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of DACA Recipients
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling upholds the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows certain individuals who came to the United States as children to defer deportation and become eligible for a work…
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