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' l <br /> k <br /> NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT <br /> i <br /> Good morning, AmeriCorps Mike! <br /> By Michael Sousa <br /> My one-day-a-week individual placement at the Massachusetts Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary for the past <br /> eleven months has taught me some interesting things. One thing I have learned is how to positively ID a number of <br /> different species on the Sanctuary and around Cape Cod. This is all thanks to Mark Faherty, the Science Coordinator for <br /> the Sanctuary and my service partner. His encyclopedic knowledge of all things feathery, furry, slimy, and exoskeleton- <br /> y, has left me wondering how anyone can know so much and still be hilarious. <br /> I have experienced a lot this year working alongside the property manager, James,and his assistant,Lyn. I have learned <br /> how to properly manage and maintain a heathland setting and return a parcel of land to an early successional habitat . I <br /> have also had the opportunity to work alongside James to learn the many nuanced tricks of up-keeping an entire <br /> Sanctuary. I have learned that AmeriCorps Cape Cod Alum Emily <br /> Wolfe,Jess MacManus, and Amy Fleischer, the education and <br /> outreach staff have the incredible knack for putting on successful and 1 <br /> wildly(no pun intended)popular events with minimal help.If I am <br /> enlisted to aid them in any way, I always leave having learned <br /> t <br /> something new. f <br /> To the many other staff who know me by"AmeriCorps Mike,"all of <br /> you have, at very least, taught me how to be welcoming and inclusive <br /> to the countless seasonal and part-time staff that cycle in and out of the rr. <br /> office. I wish I had the memory to remember all of the staff I've met dY V `' ' <br /> in the past two months. At least I can recall meeting that tall person <br /> before or"that's definitely the woman who let me use her pen once." ;; <br /> All joking aside, serving at the Mass. Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife z <br /> Sanctuary has been a fantastic experience. I have learned a range of <br /> lessons and factoids that I will definitely carry with me for quite some <br /> time and it is all thanks to the environment and the incredible staff that <br /> Audubon has produced. And I would be lying if I said that I did not <br /> like my new name. <br /> f <br /> 11 <br />