Passionate about Native Species & Environmental Education

Hello & Welcome!

I started this site to learn, write, explore, and dive deeper into the nature around me. After becoming hooked on iNaturalist, and observing new-to-me species rapidly as a nomad, I found that I wasn’t ingesting the level of detail and understanding I’d like to for most observations while in nature.

So this is my attempt to research and educate myself on creatures and topics I am interested in, while hopefully answering others’ similar curiosities. “Acts of service” is my love language, so I also love sharing what I’ve learned, as I am truly an environmental educator at heart.

iNaturalist account: @chloeoutside, previously “iNatted” under the username @chloe_and_trevor (now @trevvan)

Overview: I have always loved nature and being outside. I grew up in Washington’s Pacific Northwest but spent a lot of time in SW British Columbia. I moved to the Lower Mainland BC for a university. My passion for studying biology was sparked by my Honors Biology High School Teacher; thanks, Mrs. Pullman! But I gotta thank my mom for teaching me young to love, not squish spiders.

• Background:
  
  • Bachelor of Science, Concentration: Ecology, Conservation, and Evolution from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Field Guide for Bay to Dunes, Friends of the Dunes, Arcata, CA
  • Environmental Scientist for the California Department of Food and Agriculture
  • Social Media & Digital Education Manager for Pacific Beach Coalition
  • Social Media Manager, NatureSpeak Article Coordinator, Membership Coordinator for Whistler Naturalists
  • Social Media Manager for San Diego Children and Nature
  • Entomology Collector, California Academy of Sciences
  • ProjectWild, Certified California Naturalists Course from Grassroots Ecology
    Certifications: Project Learning Tree Facilitator, Invasive Shot Hole Borer Monitor (UCANR), Certified Interpretive Guide (National Association for Interpretation)
  • Three summers of Field Work in remote areas of BC:
    • One summer spent understanding how honeybees detect and use the earth’s magnetic field.
    • Two summers spent learning about coastal tailed frog tadpoles in Run of River dammed streams.
  • Summer Cabin Counselor, Camp Kirby on Samish Island, WA

• Volunteering:
  
  • Friends of the Dunes, California Academy of Sciences, Sierra Foothills Conservency, Whistler Naturalists, Felidae Conservation Fund, Bay Area Puma Project cataloging images, Grassroots Ecology (Palo Alto CA), Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Los Altos CA), South Bay Clean Creek Coalition/Friends of Coyote Creek Watershed

All images are my own unless otherwise noted.