I grew up in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, where I had access to many beautiful natural areas and sites of national significance. As a child I was always outside catching insects and toads in my neighborhood.  read the full bio...

I am excited to assist in the ongoing field efforts of the Fish and Wildlife Service, especially those that will help conserve the frosted flatwoods salamander.  read the full bio...

I am native to Maryland and have lived there my whole life. I have always loved animals and nature so from a young age I knew I wanted to have a career that involved these things.   read the full bio...

Howdy! My name is Jarod Andrew Portillo, but I go by Andy. I’m from Amarillo Texas, which is in the panhandle of the state. Though I went from one panhandle to the next, they could not be more different!   read the full bio...

I am excited to assist in the ongoing field efforts of the Fish and Wildlife Service, especially those that will help conserve the frosted flatwoods salamander.  read the full bio...

I really enjoyed working in a longleaf pine ecosystem over the summer, and I am excited to continue exploring the plant and animal species within this environment here at St. Marks.  read the full bio...

I am incredibly excited to learn more about Red-Cockaded Woodpecker conservation during my summer with St. Marks NWR!   read the full bio...

I am hoping to broaden my field work experience with avian species through this internship as well as learn about how wildlife agencies manage the different ecosystems we have in Florida.   read the full bio...

I feel so fortunate to be calling such a beautiful and ecologically diverse landscape home for the season and am looking forward to exploring all this ecosystem has to offer in my free time!  read the full bio...

I can’t wait to broaden my experience with amphibians, try my hand at avian conservation, and get a feel for what it’s like to work in the longleaf pine flatwoods of the Florida Panhandle.  read the full bio...

I’ve long been interested in amphibian research and conservation, and thus am thrilled to have the chance to learn more about the Frosted Flatwoods Salamander as well as the other amphibians of the Longleaf Pine ecosystem through my internship at St. Marks Wildlife Refuge.  read the full bio...

I’m especially excited that our focus is on the endangered Frosted Flatwood Salamander as I haven’t had the opportunity to really work with amphibians despite my interest in their conservation needs.  read the full bio...

My ideal future career involves being able to dabble in the conversation of various species—mainly focusing on larger mammals, marine life, and turtles.  read the full bio...

I’ve helped graduate students with their projects, which included capturing Roosevelt elk calves to attach radio collars and identifying prey items from barn owl nest box camera footage.  read the full bio...

I finished my final year at LSU working on my undergraduate thesis, which was titled 'Bat Species Composition and Relative Activity Across a Rural-to-Urban Gradient in Baton Rouge, Louisiana'.   read the full bio...

Having the opportunity to continue my passion for salamanders and help in the conservation of the frosted flatwoods salamander makes this internship very exciting to me.  read the full bio...

I am eager for this opportunity to work with conservation efforts for both the Frosted Flatwoods Salamander and the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker, and to gain experience in the National Wildlife Refuge system!  read the full bio...

I had always wanted to leave Nevada after graduation, so when I saw the posting for salamander conservation at St. Mark’s, I knew the stars had aligned.  read the full bio...

I helped to control the spread of invasive cogon grass, band and translocate Red-cockaded woodpeckers, and prepare for and run a drift fence along with USGS for a study on frosted flatwoods salamanders.  read the full bio...

My love for animals pushed me to intern with the National Marine Life Center, helping with the rehabilitation of harbor seals and Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles.   read the full bio...

I volunteered at The Conservancy of Southwest Florida where my love of coastal ecosystems was realized as I educated the public on conservation concerns Florida is facing.   read the full bio...

I studied mammal foraging in a dry forest, epiphyte diversity in a cloud forest, reptile and amphibian populations in a tropical rainforest, and bird abundance on the shore of the pacific.   read the full bio...

Her experience with local children made it obvious that early environmental education experiences was sorely needed to connect a new generation to nature.   read the full bio...

I traveled to 10 different refuges throughout this past summer utilizing GIS mapping techniques to inventory the invasive plants located there.  read the full bio...

I first volunteered at the milkweed nursery in 2015, as a member of the Environmental Service Program at FSU.   read the full bio...

I helped to control the spread of invasive cogon grass, band and translocate Red-cockaded woodpeckers, and prepare for and run a drift fence along with USGS for a study on frosted flatwoods salamanders.  read the full bio...

I am currently attending Clemson University, for Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, where I will be starting my senior year when I get back in the fall.  read the full bio...

During my time at North Carolina State University, I thoroughly fell in love with ornithology and avian ecology, so I pursued any opportunity I could find related to birds.  read the full bio...

My first experience working professionally with wildlife was in Flagstaff, Arizona where I was a fisheries research intern for Arizona Game and Fish.  read the full bio...

I believe in the importance of our natural world in all its beauty, and more specifically, in the inherent value of biodiversity.   read the full bio...

Her experience with local children made it obvious that early environmental education experiences was sorely needed to connect a new generation to nature.   read the full bio...

I interned with Yellowstone to Uintas Connection to set up camera traps in Idaho to monitor large carnivore activity.   read the full bio...

Missy shared her energetic love of nature with many children while she was at the refuge.   read the full bio...

Later in my college career, I lead the College of Science Student Advisory Committee (COSSAC) and initiated the Integrative Biology Peer Mentor Program.   read the full bio...

I was initially interested in the St. Marks internship when I saw that we would be working with red-cockaded woodpeckers.   read the full bio...

Not only did she bring with her experience from the National Park Service, she brought formal educational experience form the public school system in Leon County.  read the full bio...

In addition to the experience that I gained while at school I also had the opportunity to work with USGS on a long-term marine turtle tagging study last summer in Cape San Blas, Florida.   read the full bio...

Following graduation, I moved to St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands for 7 months where I worked as a research assistant with the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research.  read the full bio...

In the Spring of 2017, during my junior year, I also studied abroad at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia.   read the full bio...

Not only is Bryan remembered for his amazing height, we found him to be a capable and passionate interpreter with field experience in Natural History   read the full bio...

I am so excited to be back at the refuge and have the opportunity to continue helping with the RCW’s and frosted flatwood salamanders.  read the full bio...

My love for reptiles and amphibians started at a young age, but I never thought it would become so important in my career path.  read the full bio...

I am ecstatic to be working with the USFWS (an agency I would love to work for in the future) on a project that is focused on conserving endangered species and restoring habitat.  read the full bio...

After graduating in December 2016, I had an internship at Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge.  read the full bio...

I visited multiple sanctuaries dispersed throughout Tasmania, and studied the different captive breeding programs in place for the endangered Tasmanian Devil.  read the full bio...

I have always known that I wanted to work to defend the earth, and the creatures that live on it.  read the full bio...

My research focused on environmental DNA and hellbenders, the largest species of salamander in North America.  read the full bio...

He was very interested in the plant communities on the refuge and was energetic and outgoing.   read the full bio...

Shaylee led the fall Tots on Trails programs, helped with education programming both on and off site and shared her enthusiasm of wildlife  read the full bio...

While at UF, I studied abroad in Swaziland South Africa for three weeks and also did my own traveling after the trip to Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe and also Dublin, Ireland.  read the full bio...

I’ve found that enjoy both working in the field directly as well as engaging the public through environmental education.  read the full bio...

Tori is a certified to teach in the classroom and in the water as a Scuba Dive Control Specialist and works with Adventure Sports II in Auburn, Alabama.   read the full bio...

Following her passion, Amanda attended the University of Florida studying wildlife ecology and conservation with a concentration in management under the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.  read the full bio...

During my time at Auburn University, I was exposed to a plethora of knowledge about the flora and fauna of the southeast as well as up-to-date research on management tactics, policies and conservation issues.  read the full bio...

My interest in wetland science and herpetology started with my first field job in 2013 as a volunteer on a PhD project studying Blue-spotted Salamander breeding ecology and genetics in central Maine.  read the full bio...

I stayed at the Mbuluzi Game Reserve [in South Africa], gathering data at four different parks to aid in ongoing research about the effects elephants had on the savannah’s vegetation structure and animal diversity.  read the full bio...

Last summer I had the opportunity to go to Swaziland on a study abroad trip and was able to experience wildlife research first hand.  read the full bio...

Management is my focus area and I hope to manage for game or non-game species for a wildlife agency. My goal is to conserve and manage wildlife habitat to promote healthier populations and maintain natural habitat.  read the full bio...

On weekends and any other break from classes I work with John Draper, a Master’s student under Dr. Todd Steury, conducting black bear research in Little River Canyon Preserve in Fort Payne, Alabama.  read the full bio...

As I became more involved with wildlife in college, I also helped with habitat restoration projects and surveys that needed lots of volunteers.  read the full bio...

During semesters, I worked as a teaching assistant for a freshman biology lab and volunteered for the Auburn University Natural History Museum Herpetology Collection and Dr. Craig Guyer’s herpetology lab.  read the full bio...

Since last summer, I have been volunteering at a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission research lab helping the wildlife health team do necropsies of deer, panthers, birds of prey, foxes, etc.  read the full bio...

One thing that my internship here at St. Marks has taught me is just how important wildlife habitat is. Through our project on Bachman sparrow abundance, I have seen the fragility in their occupancy with subtle changes in the environment.  read the full bio...