Student Spotlight

By Abbye Shattuck For Hailey Barton, the great outdoors has always been more than just a place to explore; it’s…

Andres Solorio Pulido has always loved the outdoors, and fondly recalls the days he and his cousins spent playing outside during his childhood on his family’s 50 acres in Tamaulipas, Mexico. His family worked the land for agriculture for many generations, but those operations ceased by the time Andres was born.

Maya and Zach on the Dixon Water Foundation Mimms Ranch in Marfa.

Field work continues for Brooke Bowman, who is currently researching loons in Wyoming with a seasonal job she landed during the course of her graduate studies with BRI.

BRI graduate assistant Caitlin Camp with a scaled quail.

Daniel Wilcox has always had an innate curiosity about how the world works and how natural systems work together. He…

Zoe Carroll has been influenced to pursue a wildlife-related career for her entire life. “My family did several cross-country camping…

Jose Etchart’s parents came to the United States from their native Chihuahua, Mexico, for the same reason that has drawn…

Josh Coward grew up in the small central Texas town of Harper, near Fredericksburg. His upbringing was a little more…

By the time Cullom Simpson was in middle school he knew exactly what he wanted to do when he grew…

Growing up in a little town in Michigan north of Detroit, Emily Card knew from a young age that she…

Trey Johnson has learned how to roll with the punches. Halfway through his bachelor’s degree at Texas A&M, he realized…