{"id":4747,"date":"2018-10-03T22:35:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T22:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2021-06-08T21:35:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T21:35:04","slug":"cnhps-siegele-conservation-science-internship-featured-in-csu-story-on-the-state-your-purpose-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2018\/10\/03\/cnhps-siegele-conservation-science-internship-featured-in-csu-story-on-the-state-your-purpose-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"CNHP&#8217;s Siegele Conservation Science Internship Featured in CSU Story on the State Your Purpose Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) is thrilled that our <a href=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/projects\/siegele-internship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Siegele Conservation Science Internship Program<\/strong><\/a> is being featured today in an article celebrating Colorado State University&#8217;s successful <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/giving.colostate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Your Purpose Campaign<\/a><\/strong>!\u00a0 This ambitious campaign has now raised a billion dollars for education and research 651 days earlier than the original 2020 target date. More than 113,000 donors contributed to make this a reality.\u00a0 CNHP is incredibly fortunate and grateful to have been a part of this success story.\u00a0 To learn more, please read the article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/source.colostate.edu\/support-for-research-it-just-means-so-much\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Below we have reproduced the portion of the article discussing the Siegele Conservation Science Internship Program&#8217;s impact on the students who have participated.\u00a0 From all of us in the CSU community we truly have a billion reasons to say thank you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QZde0UHNUWs?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Siegele Conservation Science Internship currently supports six students every summer to work on projects through the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, part of the <a class=\"fancy-link\" href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/\"><strong>Warner College of Natural Resources<\/strong><\/a>. The Siegele internship program was launched in 2016 and has received more than $125,000 in support to date.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students in this program have the opportunity to take part in activities like a bioblitz, where they help to conduct a rapid species inventory, typically over a 24-hour period, in a national park or natural area. During a bioblitz, scientists make observations and teach students about study methods as they all gather data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85250\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_85250\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kira Paik, a recent CSU graduate and former Siegele intern, said taking part in the program was incredibly valuable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"s1\">It not only provided us with the opportunity to get experience in the field conducting research, but it also provided us with funding, which is not always the case for internships,\u201d said Paik, who is now working with Colorado Parks and Wildlife. \u201cThe data I was helping to collect also became my honors thesis. The program taught me important field techniques and proved to me that fish and wildlife is the field I wanted to go into.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>David Anderson, chief scientist and director of the <a class=\"fancy-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/\"><strong>Colorado Natural Heritage Program<\/strong><\/a>, said the donor support for these internships has \u201ctransformed\u201d the program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have realized what a gift it is to have students helping us in the field,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir enthusiasm and curiosity are really infectious. It\u2019s changed us in ways we didn\u2019t even expect, this process of bringing young, enthusiastic people into the conservation world, connecting them to the amazing wonders of Colorado, including all the rare plants, rare animals, and all of our natural heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5223\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5223\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5223\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/P8023552-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kira Paik, a former Siegele intern, now works with Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Photo: Rob Schorr\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/P8023552-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/P8023552.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kira Paik, a former Siegele intern, now works with Colorado Parks and Wildlife. 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