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Illinois NGRREC Interns Q&A Video

by Kathy Andrews Wright |  February 1, 2022 |  People
A collage of wildlife including a green tree frog, a bobcat, a coyote, a wild turkey, some raccoons, and an albino fawn deer and its mother in a green lush forest.

Film Date:

September 22, 2021

Speakers:

Justin Shew, NGRREC Conservation Program Manager

Jacob Decker, SIU-E NGRREC Intern

Emma Deveydt, Webster University NGREEC Intern

Nicole Morris, UIS and IDNR Division of Private Lands Intern

Produced by:

Kathy Andrews Wright and Laura Kammin.

Edited by:

Sarah Marjanovic

Questions received in advance of the conversation are listed below, with the time noted should you desire to fast-forward to a topic of interest.

Introductions

0:52 Dr. Justin Shew

01:26 Jacob Decker

01:56 Emma Deveydt

02:21 Nicole Morris

02:49 History of the Internship Program and types of research projects interns have undertaken

03:50 Habitat management projects, specifically management of bush honeysuckle and related research projects

05:24 Gray treefrog project introduction

06:29 Partners

How did you learn about the internship program?

08:04 Emma Deveydt

08:44 Jacob Decker

09:28 Nicole Morris

Overview of the intern research projects

10:36 Emma Deveydt

13:15 Jacob Decker

14:23 Nicole Morris

Career goals

(Jacob Decker provided in clip at 13:15)

15:52 Emma Deveydt

16:45 Nicole Morris

Most rewarding and challenging parts of the internship

17:48 Jacob Decker

19:58 Emma Deveydt

20:35 Nicole Morris

Closing comments

21:39 Justin Shew

23:11 How to get involved in the NGRREC Internship Program

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Kathy Andrews Wright retired from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources where she was editor of OutdoorIllinois magazine. She is currently the editor of OutdoorIllinois Journal.

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