Taku River Watershed Student Program – Summer 2024
This past summer, while hiking up Monarch Mountain for the first time in a year, I quickly realized my once strong “mountain legs” of old times had become squishy desk legs that needed some breaking into.
Reflections from the Inklin Camp
Since 2007, my life has largely revolved around regular trips to the town of Atlin, British Columbia and Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN) Territory. Whether leading Round River student programs, conducting community interviews, or working on a seemingly endless list of research and stewardship projects, I have spent cumulative years of my life in TRTFN territory…
“It’s beautiful, It’s beautiful, and it’s beautiful.”
Whenever people ask me what I do for a job, I tend to struggle to find a straight answer. I could just say that I’m a conservation biologist, or a field ecologist, or even a conservationist – whatever I feel…