Summer at the Department of the Interior Hello again,My name is Steven Esparza. For this part of the summer, I am continuing my architectural internship in Washington, DC at the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) office in the Department of Interior - Stewart Lee Udall Building....
Howdy, everyone. Thanks again for (virtually) joining me in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This week's blog topic is relevant to what I have been working on for the past two weeks. This past week I gave a practice tour to the staff here and demonstrated the...
This past week, I was fortunate enough to go to Grand Canyon with two other Zion interns, Jada and Iris, to help with the Grand Canyon Juneteenth event and research in their museum collection archive! [caption id="attachment_16602" align="aligncenter" width="432"] Jada, Iris, and I![/caption] The first day I...
Zion National Park has a rich history behind it, alongside being one of the most beautiful canyons in the US. However, much of the Latino history has not been thoroughly researched and this is where our team comes in. Our main goal is to compose...
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, a park that had originally been a memorial for Nancy Hanks Lincoln, is now also standing to commemorate Lincoln’s youth and the 14 years that he spent here in Indiana. For this blog, I will talk about the things I learned...
Volcanoes and more volcanoes I have finally arrived to Lassen Volcanic National Park. It has been a busy two weeks of learning the park, getting to know everyone and learning about the variety of projects that are happening this summer. I have been lucky to have...
Have you ever experienced a moment in a park that felt special? A moment that inspired you in ways you never thought possible? Parks have a magical ability to connect us with nature, history, and ourselves. As a digital communication intern on the OCOMMS team,...
Hey there, everyone! I’m back and eager to tell you all about my two projects for this summer. My first one will be about the history of the Klondike Gold Rush, what it was and the effects it had on our present day United States....
Sea Ya Later Published by Toni Nicole Ramos, History Science Intern at Padre Island National Seashore Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery Toni Ramos, History Science Intern, holds a Kemp's ridley hatchling during a public hatchling release. Prior to my internship at the Padre Island National Seashore...
As I approach my fourth week at Shenandoah, the park has become increasingly busy, and so have my duties! I gave my first ranger program on invasive species in the park (such as the Emerald Ash Borer and Periwinkle). I felt it went great, and...
My projects with Mount Rushmore National Memorial this year is to create social media content, develop communications planning, and contribute high quality photographs to build the digital library. This project focuses on content related to Mount Rushmore and Native American Heritage Month. I will come...
Hiya everyone! In case y’all didn’t see the introductory vblog, I am Mario, an intern with the Latino Heritage Internship Program with Environment for the Americas (a partnership with the National Park Service). I graduated from Colorado State University in May 2022. I earned a...
One of my jobs here at Cuyahoga Valley National Park is to assist with the pilot season of the park's Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) bird banding station. About every ten days this summer I and other employees of the resource management office go...
Hello all, thanks for keeping up with me! A little introduction to myself and my project. My name is Gisel Adame, and I am a Social Media Intern for Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. On a day to day basis I come up with many...
Hi friends, Glad you’re back! My main project for the summer consists of doing different things to better manage natural resources inside Biscayne National Park. As a natural resource management assistant, I am responsible of conducting creel surveys in the Homestead Bayfront and Black Point marinas. These...
While in the field in Socorro, Texas, we experienced long days. There were dust storms, dry air, goat heads in our shoes and a scorching sun. Not being from the area, my supervisors were worried about how I’d react. Turns out I did better than...
In my last post, I briefly introduced myself and the internship I will do this summer. In this post, I want to focus on my main projects and go a little more in-depth about what I will be doing! This summer, as part of this internship...
Preserving Through Documentation For the next several weeks we will be documenting and processing the data gathered from the Rio Vista Farm. We are cleaning the laser scan data acquired in the field last week with the high definition 3D scanner of the 43 stations. This...
Introduction:Last Thursday was my last official day of being a 5th-grade Science and Social Studies teacher. A couple of months ago I found myself standing at a crossroads: Continue on in education or pursue a passion in conservation and research. After much deliberation with everyone...
My main project this summer will be assisting the incredibly knowledgeable team at Fort Raleigh as they develop a new interpretive trail. The Freedmen's Colony from 1862-1867 is an important piece of American history that highlights the stories of African Americans as they escaped slavery, making their way to...