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Summer Internship Blogs
Nicholas students blog during their summer internships
2008: Bird Population Changes in El Salvador
Kala Wolfe (MEM '09) works with SalvaNATURA to monitor bird population changes in different habitats, including a coffee plantation.
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2008: Lemur Health and Conservation
Program in Ecology student Meredith Barrett travels to Madagascar to investigate the health of the island's main residents.
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2008: Preservation of Western Ranchland
Alex Michalko (MEM/MBA '10) is working at Beartooth Capital Partners in Bozeman, MT partnering with land trusts to conduct habitat restoration projects and enhance conservation values on ranchland.
Alex contributes to the Nicholas Student blog from the trenches.
Read about her internship there >
2007: Agritourism in Japan
Mike Donohue (MEM '08) travels to Sapporo, Japan to determine if sustainable agriculture offers a competitive advantage in agritourism activities.
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Mike also contributes to the Nicholas Student Blog from the trenches >
2007: Financial Planning and Management of Assateague National Seashore
Brandon Warner (MEM '08) works with the National Parks Business Plan Initiative to identify operational and investment priorities and strategies for Assateague National Seashore.
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Brandon also contributes to the Nicholas Student Blog from the trenches >
2007: Fisheries Monitoring in Cape Cod
Caitlin Luderer (MEM '08) works on the fisheries monitoring program for the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association.
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2006: The Business of Alternative Energy
Oliver Ferrari (MEM '07) work in Houston, Texas with J.S. Herold Inc. to look into informational products and services that can be provided to those working and investing in the alternative energy market space.
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2006: Mapping Ocean Species' Distribution
Aja Peters-Mason (MEM '07) travels to Bermuda with the Bermuda Biodiversity Project to help monitor and map coral reef species abundance and diversity.
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2006: Tracking the Elusive Fossa
Led by PhD candidate Luke Dollar, MEM students travel to Madagascar to study the elusive fossa.
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2006: Trout Health in the Pacific Northwest
Dean-Lorenz Szumylo (MEM '07) works with Trout Unlimited in the Big Lost River Basin of central Idaho, studying the causes of Whirling Disease.
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2005: Expedition to Madagascar
PhD candidate Luke Dollar continues his study of the fossa in Madagascar.
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2005: Sea Turtles in the Caribbean
Ruba Marshood (MEM '06) studies sea turtles at the United Nations Environment Programme - Caribbean Environment Program in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Ruba continues to work with UNEP in Nairobi, Fall 2005 >
2005: Conservation in Peru
PhD candidate Wayne Mayer travels to the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru to study the sustainable harvesting of palm fibers.
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2004: Conservation in Madagascar
PhD candidate Luke Dollar returns to Madagascar to continue his study of the elusive fossa.
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2004: Climate Change and Air Pollution in Washington, DC
Sarah Mazur (MEM '05) works with the Physicians for Social Responsibility to increase awareness of the connections between health and the environment.
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2004: Water Managment in South Africa
Melanie Biscoe (MEM '05) works at the System-wide Initiative on Malaria and Agriculture in the International Water Management Institute in Africa.
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2003: Tracking the Elusive Fossa
PhD candidate Luke Dollar leads an expedition to Madagascar to track the island's only major predator.
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2003: Fisheries Conservation in Maine
Rachel Strader (MEM '04) travels to Maine to work with the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance.
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