Hello, my name is Matthew Franco-Gonzalez, I come from Los Angeles. Spent 24 years in the city and now I'm searching for something more. Found out I'm good and building trails and helping preserve MY land. So, I'm going to continue to pursue this labor...

Hello again everyone! It has already been a month into this internship experience and there has been so much to learn in my time here. One of the first things I got the opportunity to participate in was the California Invasive Plant Council Symposium. This served...

Hello blog reader(s)! In a few days I will be reaching a little milestone. On the first of December I will have officially been working for EFTA for ONE WHOLE MONTH! That means one month of living on the beach in beautiful Fort Cronkhite, surrounded by...

Hey there! My name is Kristiana Petrie, and I’m one of the new EFTA interns for Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)! I’ll be working with Michael and John as part of their San Francisco habitat restoration and plant monitoring team. So far, we’ve toured...

Hi! My name is Maya, and I'm the wetland and water quality intern at GGNRA for the next year. It's been great to meet the other interns and GGNRA scientists this week, and I'm super excited to spend the next year learning about the ecology...

Hello! My name is Ivan Bossert and I'm starting as the Natural Resource Management Intern for San Mateo County for the next year in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Since I drove out from Missouri a couple weeks ago, I've been impressed...

Hello! My name is Aiko Goldston, and I am returning to Environment for the Americas, as this year's Wildlife Intern at Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). In this position, I will be monitoring and surveying various species of wildlife. Some of the...

I'll share my journey as an Environment for the Americas intern on this page. An interesting fact about me is that I'm part of the first graduated class of Cal Poly Humboldt! Go Lumberjacket! ...

Hello to whoever is reading this and welcome to my intro blog! My name is Lucy Malamud-Roam. I’m so excited to be joining the EFTA team this year as a Habitat Restoration intern in the beautiful Golden Gate National Recreation Area! I’m not even a full...