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Environmental Conservation

Bikepacking for Credit

Posted on March 8, 2023

Imagine biking 50 miles up a mountain carrying nearly 100 pounds of gear with only peanut butter, tortillas, and applesauce to keep you going. 

Posted in Environmental Conservation, March 2023, News, Students

EC and EOI Cohorts Finish 15-Month Programs

Posted on August 18, 2022

As summer comes to a close, so does the 2021–22 Environmental Conservation (EC) and Environmental Observation and Informatics (EOI) cohorts. 

Posted in Environmental Conservation, Environmental Observation and Informatics, News, September 2022

EC Student Aspires to a Role in Conservation Planning Despite Facing Adversity

Posted on August 2, 2022

Nelson Institute environmental conservation (EC) master’s student Carrie Lovelace has persevered through some of life’s toughest challenges while completing her degree.

Posted in August 2022, Environmental Conservation, News

Environmental Conservation MS Student Hopes to Create Change Through a Career in Policy

Posted on June 16, 2022

Starting her career by writing about environmental issues, Mary Kate McCoy found herself wanting to do more to support conservation efforts.

Posted in Environmental Conservation, July 2022, News

Guardian of the Gulf; Nelson student to expand coastal water cleanup initiative to the Great Lakes

Posted on August 19, 2021

From the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, Nelson Institute student Lisa Scobel is working to keep waterways free of plastic pollution.

Posted in Environmental Conservation, News, September 2021

Back to her roots: graduate student continues her passion for environmental conservation at the Nelson Institute

Posted on August 3, 2021

Finding one passion in life can be challenging enough, but for master of Environmental Conservation student Ashley Gries, one wasn’t enough. As an undergraduate student at Iowa State University, Gries majored in both Environmental Studies …

Posted in August 2021, Environmental Conservation, News

Student discovers passion for One Health approach in Environmental Conservation program

Posted on July 13, 2021

When Nelson Institute Environmental Conservation (EC)  graduate student, Siyeun Kim, was accepted to the program nearly two years ago, she wasn’t yet sure where her career would take her. Having received an undergraduate degree in …

Posted in Environmental Conservation, July 2021, News

Environmental Conservation student helps create framework to guide environmental justice work

Posted on July 6, 2021

Lifelong Wisconsin Resident Alli Wenman’s educational path has led her to help promote environmental and climate justice in Madison, Wis.  Wenman began the Environmental Conservation MS program at the Nelson Institute in June 2020 and …

Posted in Environmental Conservation, July 2021, News

Environmental conservation graduate student one of six students from United States invited to attend SWIMM workshop

Posted on December 16, 2019

Nelson Institute Environmental Conservation graduate student, Chelsey Willetts, is one of just six students from the United States invited to attend the Student Workshop on International Coastal and Marine Management (SWIMM) this January in the Gulf of …

Posted in Environmental Conservation, News

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