“But I’m not finished, yet!” cried the overly zealous volunteer after learning that it was the last Bug Night of the year. The White Coats’ faces were impassive. They were ambivalent. While they were happy to have more time to dedicate to preparing for and executing the water quality monitoring and rock basket field work, […]

The telephone rang incessantly. The calls ranged from timid to whining to angry. The texts included ALL CAPS and exclamation points. The emoji cannot be transcribed. “Hey, no rush but I was wondering if there was Bug Night tonight,” queried one volunteer. Maybe it was too much for them all having the last week off. […]