Staff Profile: Matt Reyes and Gaby, Human Resources Team at GBI
At GBI, we believe in celebrating the incredible individuals who make up our team. Their diverse backgrounds, passions, and contributions play an essential role in driving our mission forward. In this staff highlight, we’re excited to introduce two valued members of our Human Resources team: Matt Reyes, HR Manager, and Gaby Davis, HR Coordinator. Each […]
Nevada Conservation Corps: Lassen Trailwork
“We are in the role of Trail Survey Technicians, but we like to think of ourselves as professional hikers.” These are the words of one of the Lassen National Forest Conservation crew leaders. In an effort to assess damage to trails and other hazards left by the catastrophic Dixie Fire of 2021, the lead and […]
Drone Surveys in Umpqua National Forest
The work of conducting environmental surveys and assessments can be tough and physically taxing, involving pushing into areas that are difficult to access. And this kind of boots-on-the-ground labor will likely always be a part of this business. But technology is also changing the way we do things, and this is nowhere more evident than […]
Research Associate Profile: Natasha Puri
As a Heavenly/Taylor Creek Visitor Center Interpretive Ranger, Natasha Puri is presented with the challenge of interfacing with a large segment of the public and helping them to better understand the value of the wild spaces they visit. As Natasha tells us, “throughout the Heavenly summer season (July-September), I led more than 80 public tours […]
Great Basin Native Seeds: Restoring Our Cold Desert Ecosystems
by Miles Carlile, Ceana Olson, and the GBI Research Associate Program Top Photo: IBAER tour participants at Walker Basin Conservancy in Smith Valley, NV. Photo credit: Robyn Carlo, USFWS The Great Basin ecoregion is no stranger to wildfire. In fact, fire is a common natural process across much of the western United States. For centuries, […]
GBI Media Contest August 2024 Submissions
In August, we challenged our field personnel to capture “The Golden Glow,” however they might interpret it. As usual, they came through magnificently, as the gallery below demonstrates. Our winning submission, topping this page, comes from Research Associate Amandine Barre who is serving as biological technician at Camas National Wildlife Refuge. It shows, in Amandine’s […]
For the Plot: Soil Samples, Plant Surveys, and New Adventures
by Alex Williams From the arid desert valleys of Eastern Nevada to the High Sierras, the Great Basin Institute’s Ecological Monitoring Program (EM) comes afoot. This program plays a pivotal role in collecting and tracking changes in the area’s natural resources, with a sharp focus on providing essential data on the region’s ecological dynamics. With […]
Research Associate Profile: Valerie Wilke
Valerie Wilke is a GBI Research Associate currently serving as an administrative intern at the Bureau of Reclamation’s Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF). This is unique position at a facility that engages in important, innovative work. Valerie kindly provided a detailed overview of her work. From the moment I stepped into my role […]
GBI Media Contest July 2024 Submissions
The theme for our July media contest was “the Dog Days of Summer.” Those working in the West also know these days as “fire season,” which is illustrated in the winning image above. It comes to us from Shelby Blair, a GBI Research Associate working as a biological technician at Lakeview, OR. The additional wonderful […]
GBI Media Contest June 2024 Submissions
Artists frequently seek to capture nature in their work. And sometimes, nature does a pretty good job of creating its own art. Or so it seems, especially when we challenge our field personnel to find “Abstracts Shaped by Nature,” which was the theme of June’s media contest. Take for example our winner, Rosemary Austin, whose […]
