By Ronica Stromberg
Garret Schmaderer interned at the Crane Trust last summer, an experience he said benefited him beyond meeting the fisheries and wildlife degree requirement to complete a research project or internship.
"It helped me learn a lot and helped me choose what path I wanted to take," the junior said.
Schmaderer worked from May to August at the Crane Trust in land management and has added an emphasis in land management to the fisheries and wildlife degree he's working on.
At the Crane Trust, he removed a lot of fencing with a skid loader but also gained exposure to the organization's scientific side. He worked with its bison herd and helped carry out slough fish seining surveys, bird counts and vegetation surveys.
He said his favorite parts were learning about the bison and seeing how the organization ran.
"Seeing what it takes to operate all the ins and outs with grant work and all the moving parts, to see the decisions that they make and then the land management team putting them into action and stuff like that," he said.
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