Wild Basin Welcomes Aaron Haynes
Wild Basin is excited to welcome Aaron Haynes as Wild Basin's Natural Resource Manager and Research Coordinator. Aaron Haynes recently...
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This blog is dedicated to sharing information and research conducted by students and staff at Wild Basin.
Wild Basin Creative Research Center is a St. Edward's University off-campus research and educational center for researchers, schools, other institutions and groups, and the public. Wild Basin includes 227 acres of Central Texas Hill Country habitat that is co-owned and co-managed by Travis County and St. Edward's University. In addition to serving the university community, the center and preserve are open to the public for trail hiking and educational events.
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Wild Basin Welcomes Joy Hernandez
Wild Basin is excited to have on board Joy Hernandez as Wild Basin's Administrative Coordinator. Joy has a B.A in Zoology and over 10...
Preserving the Night Sky
Many of us have never seen the glow of the milky way in the nighttime sky. Up until a century ago, the breathtaking views of the galaxy...
Wild Basin Welcomes Marissa Faris
The Wild Basin Creative Research Center is excited to announce the hiring of Marissa Faris as our new Environmental Education...
Intern Spotlight: Riley Henegar
"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?" - Henry David Thoreau Major: Environmental Science and...
Intern Spotlight: Aya Sharif
"I don't own No's but I create my Yes" - Aya Abdulqader Major: Environmental Science and Policy with a concentration in Sociology. Future...
Artist in Residence Reception
Wild Basin was honored to host wildlife artist and Wild Basin neighbor, Andrea Wolf, as our first Artist in Resident this spring. Andrea...
Wild Basin Butterfly Garden
Our summer project at the basin is in full swing! Currently, the interns and staff are working on a fire-wise butterfly garden. What...
Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh's Visit
Wild Basin was pleased to welcome a special visitor last Friday! Medical geneticist and University of Bethlehem professor Dr. Mazin...
Hook Scholar Spotlight: Justin Stewart
Major: Biology I-Wonder Question: I wonder why Wild Basin looks the way it does? I wonder what is the relationship between microbial...
Austin Wildlife Watch
WONDERING: What wildlife lives in urban areas? Austin recently joined the world’s largest urban wildlife monitoring initiative to help...
Using Kaleidoscope Software to Analyze Bioacoustic Recordings
If I could compare using the Wildlife Acoustics program Kaleidoscope to anything, it would be sort of like learning to use a computer for...
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