Jenn Thomsen, Namibia ’05

June 18, 2025

Jenn Thomsen, Program Director of Parks, Tourism and Recreation Management at the University of Montana, visited Round River’s Spring 2025 Botswana cohort in the field.

Mariel Ferragamo, Botswana ’19

March 21, 2023

Mariel was a student in the 2019 Botswana program and continues to work on sub-Saharan African issues from Washington, DC. After returning from Botswana, her interest in politics...

David Moscow, Mexican Wolf ’94

January 13, 2023

David first read the works of Rick Bass, Barry Lopez, and Aldo Leopold by headlamp on the Blue River in Arizona as a student on Round River’s Mexican Wolf program...

Jenifer Torres, Botswana ’20

October 28, 2022

Jenifer’s career in conservation started as a student in Round River’s program in Botswana. As a pre-vet student Jenifer did not have the typical background of most Wildlife Biologists, however...

Ian Salzl Foote, Botswana ’20

December 8, 2021

In Spring 2020, the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic marked the premature end to Ian’s RRCS experience in Botswana. After a raw and convoluted evacuation...

Helena le Roux Ohm, Namibia ’03, Taku ’05

June 4, 2021

Helena le Roux Ohm – better known as “Linky” – is an alumnus from Namibia ’03 and the Taku ’05. After graduating from the University of Vermont...

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