Weeks 6-11: Heading Uphill: 6 Weeks in the Loess Hills and Little Sioux River Valley
After spending five weeks in the Land of The Swamp White Oak preserve in eastern Iowa, the Anna Beal intern crew headed out to the Broken Kettle...
Sam Bigalke '27 was awarded the Anna Beal Conservation Internship with the Nature Conservancy of Iowa. Throughout this internship, he will be traveling across the state to assist with and learn basic land stewardship principles, including identifying and controlling invasive species, protecting threatened and endangered species, restoring native plants and pollinator habitats, and learning prescribed fire skills.
After spending five weeks in the Land of The Swamp White Oak preserve in eastern Iowa, the Anna Beal intern crew headed out to the Broken Kettle...
After the first two weeks of the internship, our experience went from learning the tools of the trade to applying them in practice.
This week, we looked at ways in which The Nature Conservancy achieves land stewardship in an equitable and sustainable manner.
Before the internship started, my fellow interns and I completed training for Type 2 wildland firefighting.
Hometown: Apple Valley, Minnesota
Major(s): Environmental Science and an individualized Biology major
I garnered a love for field work through my high school.
I am hopeful this internship will set me up for not only the rest of my undergraduate year, but further into the future. I am honored to work with such a prestigious organization, with hopes this sets me up with relationships and connections which will only further my career goals.
