Hello everyone, my name is Laura Plascencia. This internship has brought me from Central California to Parker, Arizona to do inventory and monitoring of the northern Mexican garter snake, which is a federally threatened species.…

In celebration of Juneteenth, I would like to address why I chose the DFP opportunity through HAF & FWS. The simple answer would involve making connections to pursue my goal of a governmental career; however,…

The first few weeks of my fellowship with Hispanic Access Foundation and the US Fish and Wildlife Service have been fast-paced. I have learned and am continuing to learn so much about the way federal…

When I first applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Directorate Fellows Program (USFWS DFP), COVID-19 had been raging for about 9 months in the U.S. There was still a lot of uncertainty and fear,…

Hello! Allow me to introduce myself: I am a 3rd year Ph.D. candidate from Mississippi, and I am excited to be part of the 2021 Cohort of the USFWS Directorate Fellows Program (DFP)! This summer,…

Ahoy! I’m Liz Renner and I’m a freshwater fisheries ecologist and Ph.D. candidate at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. My dissertation research in collaboration with the Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks examines the…