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Anne Pearce\u2019s great-aunt kept a birding journal. Every day, at the same time, she would sit on the dock at their Northwoods cabin \u2014 listening, recording. Upon her passing, those notebooks were left to Pearce. But it wasn\u2019t until much later, when she was working as a naturalist at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center<\/a> near Minnesota\u2019s Superior National Forest, that Pearce bought herself a pair of binoculars and started keeping her own list. \u201cI think that\u2019s when I officially <\/em>became a birder,\u201d she reflects. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those things \u2026 looking back, of course<\/em> I like birds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Overlooking\n\n\n\n
The Wolf Ridge ELC campus shows the buildings as seen from a different part of the 2,000 acre campus. Photos courtesy of Anne Pearce (5)<\/figcaption>\n\n\n\n

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For Pearce, watching birds has grounded her in each new place she calls home. And because all environments need environmentalists, a lot <\/em>of places have been home. After wrapping up her undergraduate studies in 2010, Pearce traversed the country \u2014 spanning Maine to Alaska \u2014 testing the waters of different environmental careers. She picked up seasonally based conservation and environmental education jobs: teaching kids in rural Massachusetts; building trails in national parks; doing conservation field work for state reservations. \u201cIt was a great chance to explore different areas, different types of agencies or organizations, and different types of work,\u201d Pearce says. \u201cIf you\u2019re in a place where you can explore like that,\u201d she advises today\u2019s students and recent grads, \u201ctake that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After four experience-filled years, Pearce returned to the Nelson Institute for a graduate degree. \u201cThe water resources management<\/a> [program], being more of a professional program, felt like a really good fit for me at that time. I had gained a bunch of work experience in the world of conservation and environmental education, and I had a better idea of what \u2026 I wanted to get out of a [master\u2019s] degree program,\u201d she says. \u201cNelson [was] an interdisciplinary space where I could take classes in areas that I wanted to learn more about, but didn’t have the work experience yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt’s super important for people to have a connection to the natural world, for the sake of our planet and the sake of the creatures that live here and for our own sakes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Anne Pearce<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pearce earned her degree in 2016 and stuck around the UW\u2013Madison campus working with the Department of Agronomy as an invasive species outreach specialist and coordinator of the Wisconsin First Detection Network, as well as seasonally with the Lakeshore Nature Preserve<\/a>. She still works for the UW today, though slightly off campus \u2014 a short bike ride southwest to the UW Arboretum<\/a>. As its education program manager, she leads the team responsible for creating meaningful programming at the Arboretum, as well as building partnerships with campus and community organizations. She\u2019s hoping to help others to find the same inspiration in the \u201cArb\u201d as she did. \u201cOn our occasional family visits to Madison when I was a kid, we visited the Arboretum,\u201d she recalls. Then as an undergrad, she volunteered there for an honors project. It became a refuge for her, offering a way to connect with nature on an urban campus. During her master\u2019s work, she started leading the Arboretum\u2019s volunteer work parties<\/a>. \u201cThose are really formative experiences,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd now, as an employee, if we can help people have positive experiences [and] help them explore what\u2019s possible \u2026 that feels like a success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in Duluth, Minnesota<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\"Anne,\n\n\n\n
Anne, age 4 or 5, sitting on a rock at Hawk Ridge with Lake Superior in the background.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Much of Pearce\u2019s childhood was spent outside, including at Hawk Ridge<\/a>, a 200-plus\u2013acre nature reserve and one of the country\u2019s most significant raptor migration corridors. \u201cThat was just part of my life: being outside. But that’s not everybody’s experience,\u201d she says, which is the impetus to her work today. \u201cI think it’s super important for people to have a connection to the natural world, for the sake of our planet and the sake of the creatures that live here and for our own sakes. How do we help facilitate that for folks who didn’t grow up spending most of their time outside, or maybe haven’t experienced positive things outdoors?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If You Want to Be a Badger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pearce came to college in 2006 with narrow understanding of the sciences: \u201cI understood it from the perspective of a high schooler: doing lab-based stuff.\u201d But after signing up for an environmental studies class and learning about more natural science and field-based options, she found her home in the Nelson Institute, ultimately earning an environmental studies certificate alongside her degrees in soil science and biology from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coleading a crew of high schoolers for six weeks in Yosemite National Park 2013.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cross-Country Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pearce knew that a graduate degree was in the cards, but she didn\u2019t know what she wanted it to look like. Using a gig economy to her advantage, Pearce took seasonal, environmentally related jobs across the country to build out her portfolio of experience. She didn\u2019t realize it then, but she was also creating a network of connections that are with her today. \u201cEvery place I went to had community built in,\u201d she remembers whether by working on crews or living on-site. \u201cIt gave me the chance to live with people who have different life experiences than I do, [which] helped me build a really incredible network of friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pearce helped with owl banding while working at Wolf Ridge.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin Welcome (Back)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After four years of hands-on work, Pearce found a way to keep her boots on the ground while also earning a master\u2019s: the Nelson Institute\u2019s water resources management program. \u201cThe chance to work on an applied project was a huge draw,\u201d she says, referring to the program\u2019s unique cohort-based practicum experience. \u201cI didn’t really see myself sticking around in academia in the research context, necessarily. I definitely felt like I was going to be more of an on-the-ground practitioner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Volunteering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While working full time as the agronomy department\u2019s invasive species outreach specialist \u2014 which included coordinating the statewide citizen-science network<\/a> for invasive species monitoring \u2014 Pearce filled her free time with volunteering. She led restoration work parties at the Arboretum, led outings through the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and even still serves on Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve\u2019s board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her role as the UW Arboretum\u2019s education program manager is the perfect convergence of her passions for conservation, education, and community. \u201cThe way I see our work, at its core, is using experiential learning to [help people] build skills and use tools to understand the world around them better,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd that looks a little bit different, depending on where you are, because environmental education really leans into understanding the specific place you\u2019re at and building on the interests of the people around you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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