A Little About Myself

Hey there. My name is Cameron Sapp and I just finished my 4th year at Rocky Mountain College. I'm pursuing a Bachelor's of Science in Environmental Science-Ecology option and Environmental Management and Policy. I was born in Laurel, MT and raised in Billings, MT since the age of three. Montana is my home and always will be.

“I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana it is love. 

And it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it.”
           -John Steinbeck

I've been familiar with the outdoors for as long as I can remember. I spent every summer camping, hiking, fishing with my dad in the Absaroka-Beartooth Mountains. That is the one place in the world that I would always rather be.

I started out at Rocky wanting to be a pharmacist because I was foolishly attracted by the six-figure income. Nothing against pharmacists, but I made the mistake of pursuing a career based on selfish desires and not something I'm passionate about. I switched to environmental science my sophomore year. I started off taking Kayhan Ostovar's intro to environmental science course and knew instantly that this is what I want in life. I wasn't sure exactly what specifically, but definitely in this field. Fast forward to today and I now know that I want to be a non-game wildlife biologist.

I didn't always like birds. There-I said it. But I've never really been one to like anything until I experience on my own what something has to offer.  In the fall of 2012 I took Bird Conservation and Research.  The class was more based on the physiology and conservation attempts for birds than identification.  However, we did a fair amount of birding during that class to various areas such as Two Moon Park, Big Lake and Halfbreed Lake National Wildlife Refuge. It wasn't until spring semester that I took my dog for a walk at Zimmerman Park and watched a Red-breasted Nuthatch make a new home in a ponderosa pine that I realized there was something to this birding thing. Since then I've made a habit of taking my dog out on saturday mornings to a new place and watch birds. I'm still not very good, but practice makes perfect!