Emily Nastase details her recent trip to the State of the Verde Watershed Conference in Cottonwood, AZ.

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Scientific illustration is a beautiful form of science communication. The goal of scientific illustration is to accurately depict and teach scientific concepts. Illustrations can be created traditionally or digitally and are generally highly rendered – not to mention stunning – works of scientific art. These images are as informative as they are captivating. Insects and Opossum in Poison Ivy, by Robin Brickman.

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The Spotlight on National Park Resources is a biennial meeting between the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resources and Cultural Resources sectors of the National Capital Region (NCR). The intent of this meeting is to build bridges between the two (often very separate) departments of NPS by highlighting various projects and accomplishments of each and sharing how this information can inform resource management.

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It was really encouraging to see the room fill up for my session at the Chesapeake Watershed Forum on the Friday afternoon of November 3rd. The room seated 46 people, and nearly every chair was taken. I was holding not only the first session of the conference, but the first session I’ve ever taught, at the first conference I’d ever visited. I really wasn’t sure what to expect.

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Twas Saturday morning, at Horn Point Lab Open House, Many creatures were stirring: scientists, children, and spouses. Posters were hung throughout the entire laboratory, In hopes that visitors would listen to our stories! The Horn Point Lab researchers created a unique alliance, With activities, displays, games, and compelling science. Our mission, as the Integration and Application Network, Was to lay for the public a science communication framework.

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On August 2nd, 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the IAN team hosted the first of three Everglades regional workshops in order to develop the Everglades Report Card and 2019 System Status Report. This workshop laid the groundwork for grading the Southern Coastal Systems region of the Everglades, which encompasses Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and most of the south Florida coastline. This region in particular is highly impacted by changes in the hydrology of the system.

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'How’s the Beach?' is an app that presents health advisories to the public about bacterial levels in Myrtle Beach, SC and Sarasota Beach, FL. The University of South Carolina and IAN are collaborating to expand the scope of this app to include popular waterways and shellfish harvesting sites around the Charleston Harbor.

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After participating in the March for Science I was hesitant to join in on yet another march in the same week. The March for Science, while inspiring and exciting, was still a very cold, wet, and tiring day. But when I found out that my 86-year-old grandfather wanted to participate in the People’s Climate March, I couldn’t not go.

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Building Dinosaurs. With a name like that for a lecture how could I not be excited? So a few weeks ago I popped on over to D.C. for a seminar put on by the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI). They had arranged for their colleague, Michael Holland, to explain the ins and outs of his career as a paleo-artist. A little background on Michael:

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