Michelle Royer (Pearce) has worked for the National Park Service for 15 years. She began her NPS career in a student internship program while studying at St. Louis community College-Meramec and is currently the Grounds supervisor and Park Arborist. She is also part of a NPS group of Arborists called the AIR team (Arborist Incident Response) that travel to other parks to assist with technical tree work. She teaches chainsaw/sawyer safety for NPS staff across the country. Her passion for trees and the outdoors is often reflected in her photographs on the parks Facebook page. Working in an urban oasis allows her to view its many blessings as well as adversities. She cares very deeply for the landscape and all the wildlife that visits and is 100% committed in the NPS mission to preserve and protect for future generations, which includes the bees too.