Biodiversity of the Bull Creek Watershed
Join former Conservation Intern Gracie Bartley for a grand tour of Hill Country wildlife, from armadillos to ringtails, otters, and roadrunners!
An Axe Laid to the Roots
Beside the coiling whip of Bull Creek, three A Rocha interns waded through thorns, making war against the Glossy Privet. As we heaved our shoulders against vines and viper-green barbs, we brandished our weapons: a red flip-saw for hacking, a hawkbill knife for slitting trunks, and a weed-wrench for dragging saplings headfirst from the soil…
The Swarms that Swarm: Biodiversity of the Indian River Lagoon
Flowing down the east coast of Florida in roughly the shape of a dragonfly’s wing, the Indian River Lagoon harbors about 4,000 plant and animal species, making it the most biodiverse estuary in North America…
Sand and Spirit: A Survey of Mole Crabs on the Space Coast of Florida
There were three of us: A Rocha interns, burrowers seeking burrowers. With a clipboard, a transect, some orange flags, and two pole-mounted sieves, we wandered down Playalinda Beach, as pelicans winged overhead and the Atlantic unspooled across the horizon…
Crawling through Spacetime: a Natural History of American Horseshoe Crabs
Learn more about the history and lifecycle of the America Horseshow crab, one of the species we are researching and protecting at our Florida Conservation Project.
Bridging Latino Families with Nature
A Storymap about Picnics en el Arroyo, our program for Spanish-speaking Latino families in the Austin, Texas area. Picnics offer outdoor recreation and environmental education opportunities, fostering a sense of inclusion and community, while also promoting pro-nature behaviors.
StoryMaps offers a new communication tool for Marine Conservation
A Rocha USA’s Marine Conservation interns have been busy this year with SCUBA certifications, monitoring horseshoe crabs, biodiversity studies, plastics research, presenting research papers, conservation storytelling and much more. Part of their internshi ...
Florida Springs: A Dive into Forgotten Freshwater
You may think of Florida as a state surrounded by beaches and covered in wetlands, but it is also home to more than 1,000 naturally occurring, crystal clear, freshwater basins. These basins are Florida springs. Learn more in this storymap by A Rocha USA Conservation Interns.