Lassen Volcanic NP: home to clear lakes, beautiful mountains, and the elusive American Pika! The Pika is a small rodent, and our interns protect them from the plague! Read more about our interns @LassenNPS : nps.gov/articles/000/ira-sci…
ALT A collage of 4 photos, and in the middle it says, "Park spotlight: Lassen Volcanic National Park, California". The top left photos has a clear lake with a mountain behind it. The top right has the American pika, a small rodent. The bottom left has pink wildflowers. The bottom right is a waterfall above some smooth gray rocks.
ALT The text says "Read more about our interns working at Lassen Volcanic! Read the caption for the NPS article!". Below it is a photo of SIP intern Melissa De Leon and MIS intern Jacque McKay.
Meet SIP Interns Veronica Guevara Soto & Eli Lewis, two coral reef restoration interns at @BiscayneNPS ! They map & treat coral affected by Stony Coral Tissue Loss disease. They also help rear corals in nurseries and plant them back in the reef. #scientistsinparks#nationalparks
ALT There is a photo of SIP interns Veronica and Eli in front of mangroves. They are leaning on a railing and smiling at the camera. Around the photo, there is a while border that says "Meet SIP Interns Veronica Guevara Soto & Eli Lewis: Biscayne National Park". Behind the white border is a photo of an underwater reef.
ALT Collage of 4 photos of Veronica. The top left shows a diver behind a large piece of stony coral. The top right shows Veronica giving a thumbs-up as she stands behind the steering wheel of a boat. The bottom left shows Veronica placing a large coral into a big bin full of water. The bottom right photo shows a diver exploring the reef at night, and she is holding a bright flashlight.
ALT Collage of 6 photos. In the top left and bottom right, Eli is scuba diving a few feet above a coral reef. In the top right, Eli is smiling at the camera as he stands on the shoreline in front of mangroves. In the bottom right, there are photos of coral in an aquarium tank, a green iguana on the sidewalk, and mangroves emerging from the water.
Engage in the first chat of the new @ESA_org Applying 4DEE in the Classroom Water Cooler Chat series on Friday Oct. 25 at 3PM ET! The new series will feature our very own 4DEE Scholars, about their recently published #4DEE teaching resource.
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Our upcoming SEEDS Community Call is next Wednesday, October 23 at 6pm ET/3pm PT on Internship Opportunities, register in our link in bio #ecology#internships
Melissa De Leon and Jacque McKay are researching American Pika at Lassen Volcanic National Park! Our interns are working hard to protect these tiny mammals from the plague. Read more at nps.gov/articles/000/ira-sci….
ALT There is a photo of interns Melissa De Leon and Jacque McKay in front of a mountain lake. The image is titled "SIP Intern Spotlight" & says they work in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
ALT A collage of photos from Lassen Volcanic National Park. The top left photo is an American Pika. There are 2 action shots of the interns trapping and vaccinating mammals. The bottom photos are of wildflowers and a mountain lake.
Join us for our Brown Bag Science Talk!
Listen to how SIP intern, Eva Deegan, cleaned up code to enable analysis across the Sonoran Desert Network which can be applied to all other national parks.
Register today: tinyurl.com/a86uhnze@ESA_org
Applications for the winter season are still open but are closing soon! Positions that receive 75 applicants will close early so don't wait, apply now! Check out our website to learn how to apply! scientistsinparks.org
Calling all Postdocs: The National Park Service needs YOU! Apply now for the #ScientistsInParksFellowship and conduct research that will address some of the National Park Service’s emerging resource management challenges.
Make a difference! APPLY HERE: nps.gov/subjects/science/sip…
New podcast from The Native Seed Pod features Indigenous leaders from the @esa_tek Section of @ESA_org sharing their excitement about ethical space and how the ESA community has grown in respect and awareness of Indigenous knowledges.
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A cool video highlighting SIP Intern Shelly! This last winter she worked at Death Valley National Park in the Education Department leading engaging and fun field trips!
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Help curb impacts from invasive zebra and quagga mussels in waters of the Great Lakes ecoregion and the Midwest. Apply by 11 June: bit.ly/sip-midwest-winter-23@NPSYouth
Complete caving trips to monitor and map surface and subsurface geologic features. Caving experience required. Apply by 11 June: bit.ly/sip-jewel-winter-23@NPSYouth
Support whitebark pine statistical analysis for the Greater Yellowstone Network. This Scientists in Parks Intern position is ideal for someone with advanced statistical skills such as Bayesian modeling—your field skills are less relevant. Apply by June 11: conservation-legacy.breezy.h…