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Overview NATA recently held RX-410: Smoke Management Techniques for the first time at the Disney Wilderness Preserve on October 7-11. This training was offered in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy. Participants traveled from… Read More
University of Florida Wildlife Ecology and Conservation senior Nathaniel Owenby worked over the past summer at the Lykes Ranch in Okeechobee, Florida. Lykes Ranch is a large agricultural operation that spans about 340,000 acres over Glades and Highlands… Read More
By Katrina Rossos “I remember the scorching hot days, where our thermometer read 105 degrees all afternoon and the tractor steering wheel was so hot it burned my hands. I remember telling myself, ‘I love my job, I… Read More
By Katrina Rossos University of Florida graduate student Philipp Maleko, was a member of a research team over the summer that discovered the nest of an endangered Russian shorebird. This bird is not just endangered, it is elusive…. Read More
By Katrina Rossos Destiny Cardentey, a senior majoring in wildlife ecology and conservation, worked hard over the summer as an intern for the UF/IFAS 4-H extension and at Zoo Miami. At the extension program, her main project was… Read More
By Katrina Rossos Samantha Hoskins, a senior studying wildlife ecology and conservation, worked as an intern at the Nature Coast Biological Station. Originally from Fernandina Beach, Florida, she learned about the summer internship program through a post on… Read More
By Katrina Rossos Shannon Summers, a junior at University of Florida majoring in wildlife ecology and conservation worked as an intern over the summer at Tall Timbers Research Station in Tallahassee, Florida. She worked with Katie Hooker, a… Read More
By Katrina Rossos University of Florida senior Carly Sharp started out her career as a Gator majoring in pharmacy. After taking “Wildlife of Florida” as an elective class her first semester of school she decided to shift her… Read More
By Katrina Rossos Bristol Rigby, a UF senior majoring in wildlife ecology and conservation, spent the summer assisting Sea Turtle Conservancy biologist, researcher, and UF Ph.D. student Rick Herren in collecting distribution and abundance data on threatened green… Read More
By Katrina Rossos A passion for wildlife does not always mean you have to become a research or academic professional. Tampa resident Erin Russell, a University of Florida senior studying English, has always loved animals and sought for… Read More
