Starting on the trail gave me plenty of adrenaline and satisfaction. I was the youngest of our five-strong all female Trek crew. Right away, it was easy for me to compare myself to the other girls similar to my age. Was I walking fast enough? Was I carrying enough or too little on my back? …
A Walk In The Park
My third and final outdoor recreation experience, or at least the one I will be discussing today is a simple one. I took my dog to the main city park and walked her all around and through there one warm Saturday. I have a 3 year old dog named Molly. She’s a mix between a …
Lazy Day at the Tallgrass
My next outdoor recreation experience was at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. It was actually in my PMC 210 course one day that we were given a talk by a woman offering the opportunity to volunteer to go out and do some surveying research out at the Tallgrass Prairie. Now, I’m going into my last …
The Story of a Kansas Sportsman
Deer season is an annual opportunity to get out and take advantage of our public lands and for those who have access, private land as well. From a young age I was fortunate enough to participate in the lifestyle of a sportsman. I was eager to follow in the footsteps of my family members who …
A Late Night Conservation Project
So, it was a brisk 45 degrees in Manhattan on a Friday. I had packed up my tent and sleeping bag and enough food to last me a few days. I had decided to go do some volunteer work with the Fish and Wildlife service out in western Kansas. I’m not allowed to say the …
El Dorado Lake
On a warm August day, one of the first weekends of school, a group of friends and I went to El Dorado Lake for the weekend. This is about an hour and a half from Manhattan and it was a good meeting place for people coming from different schools. The lake was open to anyone …
The final trip.
Since I had moved to Kansas on August 1st of this year, I have been lucky enough to be able to assist my good friend and research partner Kristen Sikorsky during her trips to Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park near Scott City, Kansas. We would go once a month on average, and collect data through …
PMC 210: Intro to Outdoor Recreation 