Hello Boone County, Parker and I are in the home stretch of the internship! July was a productive month for us interns, which consisted of several educational programs, hydromods, and working heavily on our independent projects. 2025 L.E.A.F. Academy was a wonderful time, and we had great, involved kids! Even at their young age (13-15) these kids learned many leadership, teamwork, and conservation skills that they can take with them for their future careers. I am proud of them and glad to have worked with them! Other educational programs that took place were pre-k lessons. The goal of these lessons is to get kids thinking about habitat and local wildlife, even if they do not retain everything, at least it gets them thinking about these important things! As usual, we did hydromods at a few different sites with SD1, helping us refine our knowledge of the hydromod process.
