I’ve never paid much attention to the night skies until recently. I grew up in the middle of suburbia, about 15 miles outside of a major...

Nicci and I set out toward Station Branch, dip nets, muck boots, and packs in tow. We carefully wade out into the water, crouch down low,...

Since moving to Highlands for this program, I have found myself in the same place many times this semester: legs sore, gasping for...

As we barrel through October and find ourselves deep into the spooky season, I’ve been thinking a lot about fear. Not cliche,...

Appalachian streams are among the most bio-diverse river systems in the United States, hosting an array of fascinating fishes, mollusks,...

“I found it!” After half an hour of fighting green briars and an incline of nearly eighty degrees I have never been so glad to see a...

There are no square campfires, no rectangle campfires where there’s a hierarchy of seats: a head of the table, a right-hand man, seats at...

Thursday and Friday begin with a ride up to Rich Mountain - after turning onto a gravel, unnamed, old forest service road, we go up until...

Entering the Whitetail Shiner project, I initially imagined easily accessible pools with an abundance of fish just waiting to jump into...

As I sit here writing this post in my little cottage dorm room, I can’t help but to feel a little bit sad. We have eight more days until...

The sunlight sprinkles through the leaves onto the wetland floor one breezy Fall afternoon, beneath your feet an Arrowhead plant leaf...

Presenting: The 2022 Edition of the “Week in the Life” of a Highlands Field Site (HFS) student! Last year, an Institute of the...

It’s the end of the semester for the Highlands IE students. The trees and surrounding trails have gone from vibrant verdant green to...

Yesterday, I tore out of my first home and ate it. The ivory colored egg I came out of served as a nutritious first meal. I did not know...

September 30th was a bittersweet day for the spruce crew. Time had been a stressor for our last few days of fieldwork; bear hunting...

“Many many years ago, before humans existed on this earth, the sky held only light. There were no people yet, there were only animals....

As we head into Halloween, a time for candy, costumes, and all things spooky, I wanted to highlight one of our favorite mascots for this...

On Thursday morning of August 25, some of us students hopped into the van with Jason for our first day of internship fieldwork. We drove...