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CRDIP | 1,700 Miles Away From Riis Beach
1,700 Miles Away From Riis Beach Written By: Arianna Michaud Hello! I’m Arianna Michaud, the Research and Digital Content Creation intern at Gateway National Recreation Area. I’ve always loved public resources like parks and libraries so I jumped at the opportunity to...
CRDIP | New Experiences at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters
New Experiences at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters Written By: Kaylie Alvarez Having only started this internship seven weeks ago, I feel both sadness that a month has gone by in a blink and joy that I can proudly say that I have settled here at Longfellow...
CRDIP | Full Steam Ahead in Scranton!
Full Steam Ahead in Scranton! Written By: Juliann Ramos Having only been to Eagle Lake and Hersheypark in my childhood, I vaguely understood that Pennsylvania was host to a wide variety of landscapes- and through my CRDIP position, I have found that no place...
CRDIP | Thomas Paine, Enlightenment Philosophy, and Global Histories: The American Revolution in a Global Context
Thomas Paine, Enlightenment Philosophy, and Global Histories: The American Revolution in a Global Context Written By: Maya Koka In his famous revolutionary pamphlet, Common Sense, political philosopher and English writer Thomas Paine once said, “A long habit of not...
ACE Tips: Outdoor Summer Adventure Gear
ACE Staff Share Tips for Enjoying Your Next Camping Adventure! Summer adventures are here! As many head out to enjoy outdoor activities such as camping, we asked our ACE team for what to look for when buying some camping and outdoor-related items. Please consider...
Navigating Conservation and Data Management
Paulina Jones Inventory and Management (I&M) Planning Fellow - Southeast Regional Office, Georgia I started this position as a recent graduate with a B.S. in environmental management and policy, with minors in biology and legal studies, and was eager to apply the...
Corps to Career: Isa Cordes
Maximizing Opportunities Leads to New Career A Reflection Piece by Isa Cordes, ACE EPIC Alumni I’ve spent several years moving around for seasonal conservation work, and have done habitat restoration, trail work, and a variety of surveying and monitoring jobs. When I...
Highlights From the 2024 NPS Academy March Experience
People and Place: NPSA 2024 March Experience in Grand Teton National Park By Liz Haley and Karla Hernandez Day 0: Leadership With confidence and no hesitation, we immediately accepted to return to NPSA, this time as peer mentors. To support the cohort to the best of...
Five Common Conservation Crew Myths
Five Common Conservation Crew Myths Hint: You Don’t Need to be a “Hippie” to Join a Crew 1) I should be a physically fit outdoorsy, camping type person to join a conservation crew. There are common misconceptions that conservation crew members are super athletic...
An Interview With ACE’s 2024 NPS Academy Peer Mentors
(Pictured left to right: Peer Mentors: Karla Hernandez & Liz Haley; ACE EPIC NPS Staff: Kyle Ellison, Emanuel Aragon Cruz, and Deja Charles, and Andrew Garcia) Liz Haley: 2024 National Park Service Academy (NPSA) Peer Mentor & 2023 NPSA Social Science member ...
Then and Now at Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Kristen Boyd is currently an ACE EPIC Cultural Research and Education Fellow with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Monroe, Louisiana. Hey everyone! I'm Kristen Boyd, currently an ACE EPIC Cultural Research and...
Pythons, Fish, and Frogs – Oh My!
Our staff recently visited several EPIC members serving with US Fish and Wildlife. The members are working on a variety of impactful and interesting projects ranging from creating outreach materials to learning how to safely capture invasive pythons! ACE recruits and...
Top 6 Ways To Add Creativity to Your Conservation Work
The conservation world can be a rewarding space to grow yourself, career, and skills, but sometimes it can be exhausting and like any job, it can be easy to fall into daily routines and norms. By adding sparks of creativity in your conservation efforts, you can add...
Creatives in Conservation Personal Story
Have you ever looked back on a time and realized how pivotal that moment was? I reflect on the day I applied for ACE, and the ripples of that decision continue even now. At the end of the summer of 2019, I found myself blubbering to my new closest friends about how...
EPIC BLM Member Shares Insights Regarding AIM: Assessment Inventory and Monitoring Program
Our staff recently connected with ACE EPIC Member Allyson Richins who is serving in the Bureau of Land Management's AIM (Assessment Inventory and Monitoring) Program. Allyson shares her experiences in participating in this essential initiative promoting standardized...