The first Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) interns to be at Zion National Park (NP) started in the Summer of 2023, searching for the strands that connect latinos and their heritage to the American Southwest and Utah as a whole. Interns Gabriella Parra and Carla Navarrete...
Being at Mammoth Cave National Park while the park is not in service feels a bit dystopian. Despite the quiet, I’ve used this time to get to know the park more intimately, wandering through areas I hadn’t yet explored and noticing details I might have...
Now that I’m back home in California, I’ve had time to truly absorb my internship experience at Mammoth Cave. There’s so much that I learned and even more that I’ve come to appreciate. During my time there, I worked in the Environmental Education department, where I...
Fall Approaching at Mammoth Cave With my last few weeks at Mammoth Cave National Park approaching, so are the fall colors. Watching the seasons from shift leaf colors changing and temperatures cooling has been a reminder that the end of my internship is also approaching. I...
Hello everyone! I hope that everyone is doing well. As October comes to a close i've had a really fun time preparing for our Bat Week activity at River Bend Farm. Last Friday, we were finally able to have our event! I set up tables...
October at the visitor Center Since the last post, the government was shut down for 43 days, so interns transitioned their work to an online setting. We had the virtual career and leadership workshop, which served as a great opportunity to see all the interns again...
Short blog post today- tomorrow I will be heading to Slater Mill to prepare for our first winter farmer's market of the season. Excited to participate and see how many people stop by our table! This could be the biggest non-NPS event we have tabled...
Hello everyone! Over the past week, I have had the opportunity to continue my partnership with the Blackstone Watershed Collaborative, attending their meetings and emailing back and forth with Stephanie Covino, the Executive Director, to figure out how we can potentially continue our partnership after...
Transylvania: A Translator in Pennsylvania As the Spanish translator a part of the interpretation team here at DEWA, I have spoken with rangers and staff about how communication could be improved between staff and the Spanish speaking visitors to the park. ¡lotería! Early on in my internship I...
The entirety of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is home to such diverse types of wildlife. During my time here at DEWA, I have been able to witness various animals out in the wild and others in more interesting places. Some photographs of wildlife...
Cleveland, OH - Wade Lagoon This is the end of my internship with the First Ladies National Historic site, and I am already eager to say, “I did that”. There were many historic house tours that I led, community engagement booths set up, and primary-source documents...
A few years ago, I set a personal goal to start reading more. Growing up, I never read much outside of school, and the first book I finished purely for enjoyment wasn’t until my first year of college. Since then, I’ve been exploring books I’ve...
[caption id="attachment_27476" align="alignleft" width="514"] Chronolog photo station at Kendall Lake[/caption] [caption id="attachment_27477" align="alignleft" width="514"] Chronolog photo station at the Beaver Marsh - South[/caption] On one of our excursions, we had the opportunity to assist with an exciting citizen science initiative, installing Chronolog photo stations throughout Cuyahoga Valley National Park. These...
While I am working at the Visitor Center one of the most common questions that I get asked is: What else is can I do at the park besides see the cave? There is a lot to see within Mammoth Cave National Park, but this...
In the spring of 1880, a new neighborhood began to take shape on the South Side of Chicago. Here, people from many walks of life—immigrants, laborers, and entrepreneurs, came together in search of opportunity. Some found success, while others faced barriers shaped by race, gender,...
Out there: A National Parks Story...
planning for our latino conservation week event Haley, a Summit Metro Parks worker & I, cutting branches and weeds Because Latino Conservation week was coming up and nearing its end, we took a pause on bird banding and decided to plan for our public bird banding event....
Exploring in Lakewood->Cleveland, OH In the midst of event planning and preparing, during my free time I got to take a small trip with my friends to Lakewood which is in Cleveland, Ohio. I went to a nice, local coffee shop with an assortment of drinks...
Brandywine Creek we did our Dragonfly Survey at ! A couple of days before our event, my site supervisor Mariamar, invited us to join her and a team of park rangers and volunteers to do a dragonfly survey. It was specifically to collect and capture dragonfly...
https://youtu.be/QD9X6A9mGZQ At long last, I am overjoyed to present the completed short film, Tiny Titans! This is a product of my years of photography and filmmaking experience, both remembered and newly learned knowledge of wildlife, and hundreds of hours filming in the field, writing, and editing. It...