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From Gutter Cats to Great Cats

The Journey of Craig Saffoe, Curator of Great Cats at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

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Life in the Field from the Mountains to the Bay

To the uninitiated, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute sounds like a weird rumor. I first learned of it as a teen, trekking the Appalachian Trail with the Boy Scouts. Stumbling down the trail, we came to a chain link fence with U.S. PROPERTY signs tacked up along its length.

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Fostering Interpersonal Exchange as a Virtual Smithsonian Intern

My work with the Smithsonian has helped me realize that virtual meetings and Zoom calls are no longer limited to the time of global pandemics.

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Discovering What Lies Below the Surface in the American Prairie

The story of the true ecological importance of this land however is less about what is seen, and more about what lies on and below the surface of this grassland area

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Can Virtual Internships Help Protect Vulnerable Collections at the Smithsonian?

Every collections steward’s worst nightmare is receiving notification that a collections storage space has been damaged by a water or fire incident. Museum collections professionals are concerned with everyday threats like small or persistent water leaks, and larger, catastrophic events such as natural disasters, mechanical or operating system failures, or fires. Effective ways to prevent and prepare for a collections emergency is to perform risk assessments and to create an emergency response and recovery plan. Such a plan provides staff with an understanding of an action before it has occurred and informs them on how to react if an emergency emerges.

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