SCCF welcomes new wildlife biology intern
The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s Wildlife & Habitat Management Program recently welcomed intern Kaity Seitz, who will be a part of the Terrestrial and Freshwater Turtle Research team.
Originally from Columbus, Ohio, she graduated from Wittenberg University with a Bachelor of Science in environmental science with a minor in marine science. Wildlife has always been her greatest passion. Seitz has been an animal caretaker at a wildlife sanctuary and an environmental educator and she has conducted bottlenose dolphin research.
Seitz has been visiting Sanibel since she was a baby and worked at the Sanibel Sea School for a couple summers while in college. In college, she took the lead on an eastern box turtle telemetry study, her first significant introduction to legitimate wildlife research, so she is thrilled to return to working with box turtles and other wildlife on Sanibel. Seitz acknowledged it is a unique opportunity.
“I get to see concepts I learned in school, like island gigantism, taking place right in front of me,” she said. “Being back on Sanibel and in the field every day is a dream. I cannot wait for the opportunities this experience will bring.”