“Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel welcomed intern Zachary Bocker to assist Ranger Tucker Phillips this summer as the Sue Tray Memorial Visitor Services intern. Bocker grew up in Tawas City, Michigan, and comes from Rochester Hills, Michigan, where he last worked as a family medical leave-of-absence coordinator for Sedgwick insurance services. The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) provides housing, living stipends and other benefits for six to eight interns each year. Since Hurricane Ian destroyed onsite intern housing in 2022, it has procured off-site housing with the intent to build on-site housing in the future. The DDWS currently stewards six named internships for the 2025-26 year and is accepting donations for future named intern funds.