Growing up in rural Nevada, it was easy to access mountains, fields of sage and wild lilacs, and view the milky way in all its glory every single night. Back then, I didn’t understand the importance or why there was so much public land in Nevada, I just enjoyed it. As I got older, my interest and love for all things outdoors never wavered, but in college, I was unsure how to pursue this passion. I ...[Read More]
Conservation Has Never Been a Straight Forward Path for Me
Connecting to Countless Careers in Conservation
In the second semester of my sophomore year, I took Intro to Ecology. At the time, I had no idea what ecology was. Something to do with nature, I had (correctly) assumed. Since I loved the outdoors and wildlife, I thought it would be a fun class while satisfying the science requirement I had to fulfill, even as a language major. On the first day, we learned the definition of ecology: The study of ...[Read More]