Hiking with my fellow EFTA interns in the Marin Headlands! Top photo (left to right): Danijela, Joe, Dani, and me. Dani taught us how to bird and I identified my first Bufflehead. Hi there! Welcome to my first blog post. My name is Angie Wu and...
For my work on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act for State Private and Tribal Forestry, I traveled to sunny Sacramento for the Society of American Forester's Conference. I drove down in my VW Jetta with a box of Smokey Bear swag, two...
Outreach at the NC State Fair Hello again!The Southeast Climate Hub went to the NC State Fair this past week and it was another great outreach event in the books. In four days, we interacted with over 2,100 people! We connected with and gave resources to...
outreach at the Virginia State fair Hello all! This past weekend my coworker (a fellow Climate RA) and I went to the Virginia State Fair for outreach. It was an awesome learning experience! We connected with so many producers, parents, and kids! We had a Spin-to-Win questions...
Now entering my 3rd month of my internship with the Forest Service. Yet still, this experience has been amazing. I had an opportunity to investigate a fire in Payson. Which was probably one of the most interesting I've done so far. We are still investigating...
My experience with moving to a new place for a new job. View of the Blue Ridge Mountains Moving to Asheville wasn't something I had ever thought about, nor had I ever even thought about working for the US Forest Service. I had only come across the...
Hello again everyone reading this, I’d like to reintroduce myself. My name is Ricardo Rodriguez and I am the Education and Outreach Intern at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. I am located in beautiful Newport, Oregon and I have been here at YHONA for the...
Hi everybody! My name is Kenia Villagran (she/they), and I am a Biology and Visitor Services intern at the Mid-Colombia National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Burbank, Washington! I was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas and I'm a Senior at West Texas A&M University! Go...
It has been a little over a month since I started my internship at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area through Environment for the Americas. I have learned so much, and yet, I have barely touched the tip of the iceberg of information about wildlife, land...
Toto, we’re not in New Jersey anymore. It’s a strange feeling to look out toward the horizon and be greeted by a vast expanse of grassy foothills and the outlines of mountain ranges. Here, in Rocky Mountain National Park (ROMO), the ponderosa pines smell of vanilla...