Kenya Field Course
The 2014 Conservation & Research Methods in Savannas class blog is about to launch. We just need the students! The students are eagerly finishing up the semester…
I write this final blog from Nairobi at the Mennonite Guest House. On Wednesday, we came to town (4-5 hour drive) to return Beryl, Dedan, Erick, and…
On Friday we visited Segera Ranch, a ranch that borders Mpala ranch where we are staying. Segera works closely with its community members on its borders and…
This morning we all worked on organizing and analyzing the data that we gathered during our field visits earlier in the course. However, later in the morning,…
‘I have seen two lions” Mara reported as she struggled to catch her breath. “Where? ” Prof asked. As soon as the answer came we all ran to…
With yesterdays visit to Ol Pejeta, today was a bit relaxed and this was signaled by some late breakfast meaning there was ample sleeping allowance given. According…
Mara’s blog – We saw elephants. One of my highlights was to see mountains, animals, and monkeys. The vervet monkeys were so funny. We saw twiga (giraffe)…
On Saturday we experienced another beautiful, crisp morning here at the River Camp in Laikipia. It had rained during the night, which added to the freshness of…
Although it started out as another day in the field, Friday was a day full of many exciting events. In the morning we returned to the KLEE…
It is a good day as usual, the morning birds woke us up and they are singing as we have our breakfast. The morning feels fresh as…
