I know life ought to be better, and it will be, but that won’t keep me from saying over and over again: it’s beautiful, it’s beautiful, and it’s beautiful (from ‘O que é, o que é?” by Gonzaguinha, 1982) by Gabe Kayano Whenever people ask me what I do for a job, I tend to…
Kaggie Orrick’s journey in conservation traces back to her semester abroad with Round River in the fall of 2008 in Namibia. During this experience, she was exposed to various conservation initiatives, including assisting with Save the Rhino Trust projects, conducting Ximenia (sour plum) transects, and participating in mapping exercises to understand wildlife movements. It was…
Jenifer TorresRound River Botswana ’20 Jenifer’s career in conservation started as a student in Round River’s program in Botswana. As a pre-vet student Jenifer did not have the typical background of most Wildlife Biologists, however, Round River taught her the necessary field skills to succeed in the conservation field. She then applied these skills as…
Round River is very fortunate to welcome Dineo Keithome to our conservation efforts in Botswana’s Makgadikgadi National Park and Kalahari Game Reserve region. As a staff member of the Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Dineo has accepted a graduate position with the University of Botswana and the Okavango Research Institute to examine human-wildlife…
Ian Salzl FooteRound River Botswana ’20 In Spring 2020, the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic marked the premature end to Ian’s RRCS experience in Botswana. After a raw and convoluted evacuation, he found himself half a world away in Minnesota, jobless, and sitting in his parent’s basement. This is not necessarily where he expected to…
Jonathan PiazzaRound River Botswana ’13 Jonathan Piazza grew up watching nature documentaries and dreaming of spending time in picturesque southern Africa. When he was encouraged by his advisor to study abroad, he knew he needed to find a program that would check Africa and its charismatic megafauna off his bucket list. After doing some research, he…
Molly ShaneRound River Botswana ’12 Molly grew up in Santa Cruz immersed in the spectacular nature of the California coast. Her mother, a marine biologist, instilled in her a deep respect and appreciation for nature and, at the age of 16, she set her heart on a life and career in conservation. When it came…
April 20, 2020, naturalselection.travel Scott Ramsay sat down with Dennis Sizemore of Round River, to find our more about his work with Natural Selection in the Makgadikgadi. For 40 years, Dennis Sizemore of the American conservation organisation Round River has worked as a researcher, manager and fundraiser, in regions as diverse as Utah and Montana,…
Restoring Southern Africa’s Greatest Wildlife Migrations Written by: Dennis Sizemore, Executive Director for Round River From Natural Selection travel catalog pages 44-45 “It is simply visceral. Witnessing northern Botswana’s multiplicity of life, it imaginably harkens to our collective savannah beginnings or directly to our childhood fantasies. The lands comprising Botswana’s iconic natural areas, the Greater…
On September 3 – 5, 2018, Round River, with its partners Natural Selection Conservation Trust, Botswana Predator Conservation Trust and the Okavango Research Institute, conducted the — Makgadikgadi/Nxai Pans Conservation Initiative Charting Connections Workshop. A summary report of this workshop is available for download at this link— Makgadikgadi-Nxai Pans Conservation Initiative_Charting_Connections_Workshop_Summary_10:18