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Herpetology Field Trip
By: Tyler Troxel While with my Herpetology class, I had such a great time! My class had the opportunity to go to south Georgia at the Jones Center. The Jones Center is home to a massive Longleaf Pine restoration area as well as many other areas that home many cool wildlife species. Given that the […]
Pigeon Mountain Salamander Survey
By: Tyler Troxel While being an intern for the Georgia DNR, I got to experience another great opportunity in searching for Pigeon Mountain Salamanders in Pigeon Mountain, Georgia with Herpetologist, Daniel Sollenberger. Pigeon Mountain Salamanders are very unique because they are only found on one singular mountain in the entire world, Pigeon Mountain. After hours […]
Hellbender Survey!
By: Tyler Troxel During my DNR internship, I got the wonderful opportunity to meet up with Thomas Floyd in North Georgia to survey for Hellbenders. Hellbenders are a very secretive species of giant salamander. They are well camouflaged, and as a result, are hard to find. Hellbenders are very important to our monitoring of stream […]
Engineering Summer Internship!
By: Sofia Monteiro This summer I had the privilege of working at Travis Pruitt & Associates, a private engineering and consulting firm. I worked under their Environmental department and was hired by a Warnell alumni who had studied forestry with a wildlife emphasis. During this internship, I got exposed to various aspects of engineering and […]
Academics Afield Program
By: Kylie Hildreth Through Warnell, I have been offered various wildlife-based job opportunities. I currently work with the UGA Deer Lab, GA Department of Natural Resources, and the GA Wildlife Federation. My employment through the GA Wildlife Federation consists of assisting in the hunter education of college-aged students and other adults who did not grow […]
A Semester at Disney!
By: Summit St. John Hi everyone! My name is Summit St. John, and I’m a 3rd year Wildlife Science student here at Warnell. While I love Warnell and all things Athens, last Spring of 2023 I spent 5 months working at Walt Disney World on a Disney College Program! It was an incredible experience, and […]
A Summer as a Fawn Technician
By: Madison Dacus My name is Madison Dacus and I am a third-year wildlife science major at Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. Last Summer, I had the amazing opportunity to work as a fawn technician for the UGA Whitetail Deer Research Facility, or as most of us know it, the deer barn! I […]
A trip Down Under!
By: Lara Meersschaert Through Warnell, I have had the opportunity to be involved in so many life-changing experiences! One of these experiences was this past winter break, where I was able to spend three weeks in Australia, studying tourism and sustainability, and having more than a little fun when not in class. After a long […]
Dendrology at UGA
By: Hunter Via One of my favorite classes I have taken so far during my time at Warnell has been dendrology. I have always had a special interest in trees and getting to take this class has only grown that interest. I have always had a good amount of knowledge about different species of trees […]
SAF National Convention
By: James Turpin This past semester I was given the opportunity to travel to the Society of American Foresters National Convention in Sacramento California. This is an event held every year by the society which brings professional foresters from around the country together to talk about advancements made in the field of forestry. As a […]
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