This spring, I completed my first field season as a part of KRSP and my PhD research! Going from the Sonoran desert to chilly, boreal southwestern Yukon was quite the change, but a nice break from the heat. Fieldwork was tough, but getting to handle the cutie-pie squirrel pups, and the beautiful scenery + great company made it very much worth it. Very excited to see the results from the pilot pup microbiota samples that I collected! :)