Interns

Emma Blakslee Intern Emma Blakslee was a Fall Americorps service member and helped prepare and pull off the 2023 Jackson Hole Wildlife Symposium. Growing up in Edwards, CO, Emma has been passionate about the outdoors and ecology for as long as she can remember. She attended Bates College in Maine where Read more...

Pippa Barratt Intern Pippa Barratt is NRCC’s 2023 Winter/Spring AmeriCorps service member through the Teton Science Schools. Pippa is continuing the planning efforts for the 2023 Jackson Hole Wildlife Symposium and will be updating NRCC’s social media platforms. Pippa is a recent graduate from Temple University in Philadelphia with a Bachelor's in Environmental Studies. Read more...

Leslie Nuckoles Intern Leslie Nuckoles was the Spring 2022 AmeriCorps service member through the Teton Science Schools. While at NRCC, she wrote a long-format article investigating the many challenges presented by climate change in high elevation ecosystems. She also assisted in organizing a panel on the subject, as well as managed Read more...

Eileen O'Connor Intern Eileen O’Connor was the Fall 2021 Americorps service-member through the Teton Science Schools.  She worked with NRCC Research Associates to update the Projects webpage and helped run the social media platforms. Eileen is interested in environmental stewardship, sustainable development and the relationships between the environment and people, especially Read more...

Lindsay Coe Intern Lindsay Coe is a photographer and filmmaker with an educational background in cultural anthropology and journalism. She is passionate about merging aesthetically beautiful visuals with powerful stories and strives to create 'visual anthropology' through her work. She is conscious of her responsibility as a storyteller and strives to Read more...

Marisa Wesker Intern Marisa Wesker was the Spring 2021 Americorps service-member through Teton Science Schools. Marisa worked with NRCC to help plan and execute the 2021 Virtual Jackson Hole Wildlife Symposium. Her interests, while broad, intersected with NRCC’s priorities of conservation from all perspectives: ecological, political, social, economic, and personal. She Read more...

Nina Moore Intern Nina Moore was a fall 2020 AmeriCorps member through Teton Science School. Nina helped to further develop NRCC’s social media and digital platforms. Nina is interested in science communication. She used this opportunity to learn more about the work of NRCC Research Associates and find new ways to Read more...

Jess Greenburg Intern Jess Greenburg has worked with NRCC for the past year and a half. In 2020, she updated the format and content of NRCC’s website. Jess also completed a research project on food security in Teton County. Jess recently received her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Ursinus College. Read more...

Elsa Rall Intern Elsa Rall was a summer 2020 AmeriCorps member through the Teton Science School. Elsa updated NRCC’s social media platforms, grew our followership, and began the popular #WildlifeWednesday series. She also collaborated with NRCC Research Associates to communicate their research and the impacts of Covid-19 on their work. Upon Read more...

Dorian Baldes Intern Dorian Baldes is a Lakota poet, artist, and musician from Fort Washakie, Wyoming. He’s currently a student at Oglala Lakota College and lives on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

Bea Portela Intern Bea Portela is an undergraduate at Yale University majoring in Environmental Studies and Political Science. Bea studies perceptions of recreation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. In summer 2020, Bea continued this work by focusing on understanding perceptions, motivations, and personal ethics behind recreation in Jackson. Bea is interested Read more...