GBI pilots new field studies course in Costa Rica with National University
“This is a wonderful beginning to what I hope to be a long-term collaboration between our institutions. This type of field work effectively advances science-based resource management education and practices.” Dr. Donald Rodriguez, CSUCI Natural Resources Chair.
“The Best Summer of My Life”: Undergraduates Research Environmental Issues Facing the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin
A summer 2009 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grant from the National Science Foundation brought together twelve students selected from around the nation to work with an interdisciplinary team of UNR professors, researchers, and GBI staff on issues ranging from the Asian clams invading Lake Tahoe to differing perceptions of wildfire risk in Nevada communities.
