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Gonna Intern....
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In news regarding my nature/biologist/ecologist related side, I will be starting an internship at a nearby National Park- as a vegetation management intern. Basically battling invasive plants, scouting out rare plants in riparian habitat, and without giving away my location too much- its a pretty huge park so I would love to also consider it an exploration mission as well as a networking one. 
In a slightly off topic- artish related subject, I got a sticker from Shenandoah National Park last year and I am in love with it... it is my favorite sticker and it just made it onto my water bottle for the world to see!
I looked up the website from where it is originally from, the art is amazing, and I kind of want more of it hehe... I think I'll leave the link here for you> www.rangerdoug.com/home
and my sticker is this one>
In a slightly off topic- artish related subject, I got a sticker from Shenandoah National Park last year and I am in love with it... it is my favorite sticker and it just made it onto my water bottle for the world to see!
I looked up the website from where it is originally from, the art is amazing, and I kind of want more of it hehe... I think I'll leave the link here for you> www.rangerdoug.com/home
and my sticker is this one>
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Walls Can't Keep Me -
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To give an update, my summer is FILLED with outdoor activity! I could not possibly spend more time out there! I've got my hiking shoes on at least 6 days of the week. My summer job is 4 days a week and I collect data for a University research lab, another 1 or 2 days of the week are devoted to data collection for my thesis! This means I'm hiking around the woods tracking 8 spotted turtles, who were once all traveling between ponds but now have slowed down for the summer and are mostly just chilling under vegetation. Besides that I'm doing some vegetation transects and water pH measurements. I've camped several times, and hiked here and there and I will be camping again next weekend and learning *finally!!!* how to wake board!
Art got put on the back burner but luckily it is easy for me to draw turtles so they will be shot out randomly, and when I get around to it I'll share a few spotted turtle pictures that I had the privilege of taking since I see my extended family of them on a weekly basis
I've actually reverted back to being wild... or feral? lol Wild.
Art got put on the back burner but luckily it is easy for me to draw turtles so they will be shot out randomly, and when I get around to it I'll share a few spotted turtle pictures that I had the privilege of taking since I see my extended family of them on a weekly basis
I've actually reverted back to being wild... or feral? lol Wild.
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On to the Next Endeavor!
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I am excited to tell everyone, my graduate school thesis project got funding....
This Spring and Summer I will be collecting, fitting with transmitters, and tracking 10 Spotted Turtles in the nearby state park, to record their movements on a site that has been recovering from a forest clear cut 20 years ago! There has been a previous study done about 10 years ago and this could be some pretty significant data
This Spring and Summer I will be collecting, fitting with transmitters, and tracking 10 Spotted Turtles in the nearby state park, to record their movements on a site that has been recovering from a forest clear cut 20 years ago! There has been a previous study done about 10 years ago and this could be some pretty significant data 
This will be a lot of work but so worth it! Spotted Turtles need our attention!
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All Caught Up
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Not hiding any more pictures from everyone! Everything is up now.
Currently I am sketching every family or species under the sun for ichthyology(meaning ~44 fish representing specimens I am learning in class for a lab practical) ... I'd like to share some of my sketches but unfortunately I don't have a scanner and I have no batteries for my camera right now.
Might not see a whole lot of activity from me and this account but I assure you it is because I am happily taking Grad classes about Fish, Insects and Fungus and I'm doing art over on my fan art based page as well (oh plus other stuffs that have to do with life, sorta... sometimes)
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Did: upload pictures from Alligator Adventure, Myrtle Beach SC
and 1 pic of my baby Russian Tort! (more to come there!)
AND Assateague Island, MD and camping at the bay
AND Harpers Ferry, VA
AND my little muskies
Next shall be, trip to Reptiland and trip to Catoctin Zoo!
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