Bethany Laursen is a budding forest ecologist preparing for graduate studies in 2011. Do you need an intern or technician for your research this coming winter, spring or summer? In 2006, Bethany graduated from Biola University, summa cum laude, with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a minor in Chemistry. Since then, she has enjoyed challenging, inspiring work as an outdoor educator and science teacher in California and Maine, earning high praise from parents, employers and coworkers as “a captivating teacher” and “an invaluable source of knowledge.” Now, Bethany will gain graduate training as a forest ecologist in order to study experiential, ecology education at the PhD level, and she hopes to gain more research experience before enrolling in 2011. Currently, her research experience includes entomology with the USDA and self-guided surveys of California’s and Maine’s ecosystems. As a wilderness trip and encampment leader, Bethany feels at home in the woods and enjoys strenuous, engaging work in the outdoors. She is excited to work with any part of a forest research project in any part of the world winter 2010, and/or spring or summer 2011. Please contact her now at bklaursen@gmail.com

From the Times of India:

Directorate of tourism, Andaman and Nicobar administration invites proposals for development of canopy walkways project in Andaman & Nicobar Islands under item rate base offer.

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Please welcome our first TREE student leadership fellow. Taylor is our first student officer for TREE, as part of our new outreach to educate young people about non-profit management. Welcome, Taylor.

Taylor Jamrok graduated from New College of Florida in 2009 after studying environmental issues, sustainable development, economics and business. His final thesis combined many of these interests as he organized a team of developers to produce energy conservation software that would increase the efficiency of computer networks by eliminating corporate costs and carbon footprints. His interests in computer technologies also includes web design, programming, and graphic design. After founding the Jamrok Consulting Group during his senior year of high school, Taylor has worked with numerous clients in Sarasota and his hometown of Florence, South Carolina. Here he was directly involved with the technical development of the Pee Dee Land Trust, helped establish an Internet-based tracking system for threatened raptor species, and has worked closely with various nonprofit organizations.Taylor enjoys hiking and kayaking at local state parks, exploring speleological sites in the southeast and cooking fresh foods grown in his backyard organic garden. He is currently a supervisor at a local branch of the Department of Commerce and the new Vice President of Development for TREE.

My name is Holli Kilburn and I am looking to pursue my conservation/research based career. I am a newly qualified Conservation Biologist, having completed a bachelors degree in 2008 gaining a first with honours. This winter I spent five weeks learning tree climbing on a Canopy Access Techniques course with ITEC (Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation) in Panama. I have since attained a research based internship with Para la Tierra in Paraguay where I will be expected to design and implement a research project of my choosing. I am very keen to undertake work that is relevant and useful and preferably that contributes to a wider research. I would happily use this internship to work with an organisation that requires canopy research or as part of a Masters Degree or Doctorate. Equally, I would love to put my skills into working as a technician in the wildlife documentary field. I am really enthusiastic and can’t wait to get on to the next level. For more information please contact me at: hollikilburn@yahoo.co.uk