Rebecca Deatsman is a naturalist and environmental educator who has been dive bombed by Short-eared Owls and Long-billed Curlews on the Saskatchewan prairie, survived a record-breaking dust storm in the Australian Outback, and observed manatees and sea turtles on a barrier island in Georgia. Currently she lives in Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin (no connection with the butter) and is working toward a master’s degree in environmental education from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where her graduate project is on how nature centers are using social media. You can follow her on Twitter at @rdeatsman.
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Rebecca’s Writing Elsewhere:
Little Worms, Big Consequences: Ground-Dwelling Birds May Be Silenced by Invasive Earthworms, article in Wisconsin Natural Resources, December 2012
Species At Risk: Grizzlies Move Into Polar Bear Territory, article in Above & Beyond, July 2012
Two Ways of Seeing Trees, guest post on Polliwog on Safari, May 2012
Calling All Citizen Scientists! Join the Christmas Bird Count, guest post on Culture of Science, December 2011
