This week marks one month of officially being a DFP intern! My experience so far has been positive and incredibly eye opening to opportunities that the Fish and Wildlife Service offer. I am currently working…

“Time sure does fly,” as the old saying goes. I am coming up on my first 30 days as a Directorate Fellow with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). When starting a new job,…

 I push my head into my neck pillow, squeeze my eyes closed, and groan. I open them, and the woman next to me passes a look of sympathy. My headache makes it difficult to look…

Over the first three weeks of my internship was an adjustment. Coming into an area different from my hometown and meeting different people than me was a shock. Given an opportunity like this is something…

My first several weeks working with the foreign species program in the Ecological Services branch of the US Fish and Wildlife Service has been exciting and eye-opening. Along with my fellow DFP intern, I was…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has, since its inception, focused on the conservation and protection of our nation’s biodiversity. One of the primary mechanisms to accomplish this goal is to designate species experiencing…