Finding an outdoor opportunity; Lily Julian

Last summer, Lily Julian started volunteering with the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes and was introduced to piping plover monitoring.

She then went on to achieve an internship opportunity at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore that was focused on daily monitoring and public outreach.

“Every day, we would go out to the beaches to record data on the plovers and other beach visitors and wildlife interactions. It was really rewarding working on the beaches that I’ve been recreating since I was a child,” she said. “Also, I got to go out to North and South Manitou Island to monitor the plovers there,” Julian said.