@SMConservation

The Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation offers unique, hands-on training opportunities in biodiversity conservation for undergrads, grads and professionals

 Front Royal, Virginia
smconservation.gmu.edu
Joined March 2012
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Did you know? Elephants only sleep 3️⃣ to 4️⃣ hours a night! 🐘💤 Discover more about the sleep patterns of the #Elephants at the @NationalZoo with @GeorgeMasonU's @SMConservation team! #EarthDay #EarthMonth #MasonNation 💚💛 gmu.edu/news/2021-12/smithso…

Smithsonian-Mason team keeps watch, so elephants can doze off

Mason senior Eva Noroski spent a month assisting alumna and Elephant Trails keeper Ashley Fortner at the National Zoo, researching elephant sleep patterns.

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.@GeorgeMasonU's @SMConservation provides hands-on conservation biology training for undergraduates, graduates, professionals, and high school students! #EarthDay #EarthMonth #MasonNation 💚💛 🔗: go.gmu.edu/MasonSustainabili… 📷: OUB
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Many creatures migrate to warmer habitats for the winter, including the monarch butterfly. Students from @SMConservation tagged🦋on the way to their winter home in Central Mexico, so researchers can better understand their grand migration. #MasonNation 🔗: go.gmu.edu/monarchbutterfly

Students tag monarch butterflies during migration.

Students tag monarch butterflies during migration.

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Hear about wild canid conservation from the lab to the field in this #EarthOptimism conversation featuring Jennifer Nagashima and Nucharin Songsasen from @NationalZoo’s Center for Species Survival. #ReverseTheRed youtu.be/ktcW7tj0GZs
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"When you hear the word “conservationist,” who do you think of?" Our conservation communications intern shares what she's learned about the power of storytelling and #EarthOptimism for conservation messages. smithsonianmag.com/blogs/con…
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Next Tue. 10/20 at 7pm ET: Dive into the deep past with @NMNH's Nick Pyenson, and learn how #whales evolved into Earth's largest mammals. Sign up online & you could win a copy of Nick's book, "Spying on Whales"! Register here: s.si.edu/2SxOGg6 youtu.be/U-2_74Lcau4
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Are you a young adult looking to help plan the 2021 Virginia Environmental Justice Summit? Join our planning committee TODAY! go.gmu.edu/VEJS @SMConservation @greengmu @ESPMasonU @GMU_CRASC @VSECoalition
Virginia Env. Justice Summit@VAEnvJustice1 Oct 2020
Are you a student in Virginia passionate about environmental justice? Do you want to help plan the second Virginia Environmental Justice Summit on March 27, 2021? Join our planning committee TODAY! go.gmu.edu/VEJS Share with your friends at all Virginia Universities!
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There’s still time to register for this marine webinar happening TOMORROW! Hear from @smithsonian scientists and special guest @cmittermeier of @Sea_Legacy. Register: s.si.edu/MarineWebinar
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Reminder to tune in tomorrow Thursday for this event: September 24, 2020 | 5-7 pm EDT Live-stream at gmutv gmutv.gmu.edu/live-broadcast… Details: ise.gmu.edu/va-climate-futur…
ESP Dept GMU@ESPMasonU16 Sep 2020
Join gmutv.gmu.edu/live 9/24, 5-7pm for Virginia’s Climate Future: A Discussion about the Path Forward in the Face of Covid-19, Economic Crisis, and Inequality with @RipSullivan48 @ktcampblin @JamesWalkinshaw @ColinClimate @AlonsoAguirre13 @JimKinter1 ise.gmu.edu/va-climate-futur…
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Tonight at 7pm ET: How can coastal communities adapt to sea level rise? Hear stories from three coastal cities around the U.S., at our next free @EarthOptimism webinar. Sign up to watch live or on demand: s.si.edu/3gah6X3
Three photos of scientists outdoors: Chela Zabin (San Francisco, California), Jason Toft (Seattle, Washington) and Zoe Johnson (Annapolis, Maryand)

ALT Three photos of scientists outdoors: Chela Zabin (San Francisco, California), Jason Toft (Seattle, Washington) and Zoe Johnson (Annapolis, Maryand)

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We love hearing updates from our past course participants! Eliana Fierro-Calderón, a biologist from Colombia, attended our course with @SMConservation last year. Since then, she has helped her organization train staff members in facilitation skills. Keep up the amazing work!
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Great week spent at @SMConservation learning about interpersonal and rational tools for facilitation and communication. Equipped with a toolbox 🧰 that will help me contribute more effectively to the cause. #ForPeopleForNature
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Sunsets, fire, norwegian games, beers and great company after an intense 2nd day of learning about facilitation and communication skills with @SMConservation
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Great first day @SMConservation training on communication and facilitation for conservation managers. Take homes: 1. Teams need clarity of purpose. 2. Quality decision making = Quality of thinking x Level of acceptance. 3. It’s all about influence! 4. Listen, listen & listen!
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We’re happy to be at @SMConservation this week teaching a Conservation Genomics course. First up - Unix!
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Day 1 of #ConservationGenomics2018 course at @SMConservation in the books! Lots of learning to code in Unix, developing conservation genomic studies, and real world applications!
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Day 2 of #SMSCGenomics course at @SMConservation, and @rdikow is teaching genome assembly.
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Aleksey Zimin is our speaker tonight: talking about the details of hybrid assembly with MaSuRCA @SMConservation #SMSCGenomics
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Joe introducing the workhorse data set: "Peruvian Ocelots and Seismic Disturbance" @SMConservation #SMSCcamtrap2018 @dwlinden #spatialcapturerecapture #ocelot
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This is Molly the kinkajou. White tail tips are unusual but seen occasionally in Central Panama kinkajous. Her new tracking collar will help us learn how she navigates her rainforest home.
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