Intern Spotlight: Caleb Spitz
Major: Environmental science with an emphasis in biology. Future Plans: I would like to focus on preservation and conservation. I enjoy...
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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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Intern Spotlight: Nick Thompson
“The movers and shakers on our planet, aren’t the billionaires and generals, they are the incredible numbers of people around the world...
Study Design for Measuring Sound
Over the past month, we have been working on calibrating, setting up, and recording data for the wildlife acoustics project at Wild...
You are Here: An Earth Day Art Show
Photos from the opening reception of You Are Here: An Earth Day Art Show. Live music by Dana Falconberry & Medicine Bow and The...
Intern Spotlight: Olivia Leos
"Future generations may well have occasions to ask themselves ‘What were our parents thinking? Why didn’t they wake up when they had the...
Humans of Wild Basin
Check out our new series, Humans of Wild Basin. In this series, we interview visitors and interns of the preserve to better understand...
Learning Bird Songs
Our quest for bird knowledge continues! In the past few weeks, we have been listening to and practicing identifying different birds’...
Intern Spotlight: Gabriela Macias
"We are not God. The Earth was here before us and was given to us." - Pope Francis Major: Environmental Science and Policy at St....
Adventures in Sound
After last week’s calibration in the anechoic chamber, this week we tested the SM4 acoustic recorders in the field. We took four of the...
Ecology Lab
Wild Basin is 227 acres of habitat, but it looks different depending on where you are in the preserve -- some sections are dominated by...
One of the Quietest Rooms on Earth
Simon and Garfunkel once sang about the sounds of silence but few actually get to experience complete and utter silence. University of...
Citizen Science
We are BIG supporters of citizen science and iNaturalist! Check out our project by searching for "Wild Basin Biodiversity Project" on the...
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