Field Season Is Every Season Unlike our neighbors at the Mount Hood and Gifford Pinchot National Forests, here at the Columbia River Gorge, we have very temperate winters, which means that field season never stops. This winter, I’ve worked on a...
Hello All! My name is Alexis Saint Germain, and I am a Resource Assistant for the USDA Forest Service. I started this internship in July of 2024, soon after I graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Science & Resource Management. I was hosted with the...
I was always interested in the outdoors and ways in which I could preserve nature for the future generations to enjoy. Although life took me through a different path academically, I got a bachelors degree in Accounting. Towards the end of getting my degree, I...
My final blog here on the Inyo! I am so grateful for the opportunities this internship has helped me get and all of the great people I have gotten to work with on the forest. This has been a wonderful opportunity!...
This year for Christmas, I am getting the gift of my internship being extended through September 2025! The awesome Resource Assistant Program team pulled through for us interns, so that means I'll be able to continue doing my job here on the Superior National Forest...
I am an Inyo National Forest land special use permit administrator, I have been working here for about a month now and I feel like I am starting to understand how to do my job a little better. ...
Month 3 - Saving the turtles One bullfrog at a time Northwestern pond turtles For this month’s blog post, I wanted to take a moment for a zoomed-in look at one of the main projects I’ve worked on this so far this...
Hello! There are quite a few updates to my internship. I received an extension to my internship in order to lessen the gap between the transition to a permanent position, which means I will have a permanent full-time position as the GIS Specialist for the...
Hello! Please find my introduction video below! As well as a written introduction about me: my name is Jade Lee, I am a Resource Assistant with the U.S. Forest Service and Environment for the Americas. I will be working with the Eastern Service Planning Group...
Driving Forest Service UTVs requires training and license within the Coconino National Forest These are photos from my UTV ROHVA training course. It was very daunting at first when I got behind the wheel. UTVs don't move in the same way that cars move, and you...