As an Assistant Planner with the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Planning Service Group, I have the luxury of being a fully remote worker. This gives me the flexibility to be able to work from home. Although I sometimes miss being out in the field, I...

As a Resource Assistant with the U.S. Forest Service and Environment for the Americas, I have the opportunity to utilize our Travel & Training Funds. One weekend in September myself and two of my colleagues were able to attend an Outdoor Recreation Leadership training at...

As an Outreach, Recruitment, and Workforce Diversity Resource Assistant, I am able to work with a group of high schoolers in a program called Generation Green. My first introduction to this program was as a chaperone for Camp Smokey. Camp Smokey is an interagency fire prevention...

When I applied for my internship, I was so excited about the prospect of getting to travel across the country from my home near Atlanta, Georgia all the way to the San Francisco Bay Area in California. When I eventually received my offer letter and...

Greetings! My name is Delaney Caslow, and I am working as an Outreach, Recruitment, and Workforce Diversity Resource Assistant with the Forest Service in Region 5 (California). I am working out of the Regional Office in Vallejo, CA, but am currently working virtually from Berkeley,...