Veteran Day Celebration: Patrick Ford

Veteran Day Celebration: Patrick Ford

Veterans Day Celebration: Patrick Ford Our Outreach Coordinator had the pleasure of sitting down with a group of current and former VetsWork Interns to discuss their service, current roles, and connections to the outdoors. Read below about Patrick Ford, Volunteer Coordinator for the Sumter...

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Veterans Day Celebration: Chris Sutherland

Veterans Day Celebration: Chris Sutherland

Veterans Day Celebration: Chris Sutherland Our Outreach Coordinator had the pleasure of sitting down with a group of current and former VetsWork Interns to discuss their service, current roles, and connections to the outdoors. Read below about Chris Sutherland, Field Technician for the Lower...

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Veterans Day Celebration: Elamon White

Veterans Day Celebration: Elamon White

Veterans Day Celebration: Elamon White Our Outreach Coordinator had the pleasure of sitting down with a group of current and former VetsWork Interns to discuss their service, current roles, and connections to the outdoors. Read below about Elamon White, VetsWork Alum and current Southern Tier...

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Veterans Day Celebration: Amanda Williams

Veterans Day Celebration: Amanda Williams

Veterans Day Celebration: Amanda Williams Our Outreach Coordinator had the pleasure of sitting down with a group of current and former VetsWork Interns to discuss their service, current roles, and connections to the outdoors. Read below about Amanda Williams, Public Outreach Specialist in Cordova,...

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Nurseries, Nurdles, and Haystack Rock

Nurseries, Nurdles, and Haystack Rock

Over the last five months I have been working as a Recreation, Education, Community Engagement Specialist with Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) and its numerous partners out of Garibaldi, Oregon. TEP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, with the mission to conserve and restore Tillamook...

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Lovin’ the Alaska Weather

Lovin’ the Alaska Weather

This Picture is a great example of the weather in Ketchikan Alaska. A beautiful and sunny day turns cloudy and rainy, then turns back to sun. If the weather is going to deter your spirit, then Southeast Alaska isn’t the place for you. I for one have fallen in love with the ever-changing weather...

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Horses, Newborns, and Sustainability

Horses, Newborns, and Sustainability

I am halfway through my second term with VetsWork and I’m feeling grateful for the opportunity that Mt. Adams Institute has given me. I’m serving at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee. My first term was spent bouncing around different facilities within the...

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The Concise Memoir of Patrick Ford

The Concise Memoir of Patrick Ford

Greetings, welcome to the concise memoir of Patrick Ford, an AmeriCorps intern at the Andrew Pickens Ranger District (AP). Walk with me as I take you on a journey through the mountain range of South Carolina and the incredible time I’ve had while working with the Forest Service. First, we will...

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Growth in the Lower Columbia Estuary

Growth in the Lower Columbia Estuary

I have just started here at the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, and I am already participating in so many projects and community events. The one thing I love about working in Natural Resources aside from getting to be outside is the impact we get to make on our...

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Never Ending Views in Alaska

Never Ending Views in Alaska

Working here in Alaska has opened my eyes to natures beauty.  I feel like the learning experiences never stop. From learning about bears and how to stay safe around them, to how to stay safe on an airplane.  The best training that I have gotten in the last couple...

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Getting My Feet Wet in Natural Resources!

Getting My Feet Wet in Natural Resources!

Working as a field technician for Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership in the MAI Vetswork program is my first experience in the natural resource field. I came into the internship not sure of what to expect other than hard work. So far, I have learned much about the...

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Summer Camp 2021 Registration is Open!

Summer Camp 2021 Registration is Open!

Summer Camp 2021 is happening!! Day Camps for Summer 2021 will run Monday through Thursday 9am – 3pm. Check out the dates here! Cost per week: $325 | Shuttle Option: $50 | Scholarships Available Register Here!  If the camp you are interested in is full, please sign up...

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VetsWork: Opportunity During a Pandemic

VetsWork: Opportunity During a Pandemic

Early in the year of 2020, around the months of February and March, there had been some recent suspicions about a possible virus that could come across borders to the United States. Around this time, I was getting ready to move near Tacoma, Washington; I had already...

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