VetsWork: Public Service is an Essential Service

VetsWork: Public Service is an Essential Service

As many fields have shut down over recent months, I’ve been lucky to be partnered with a program that has stayed hard at work fulfilling its mission: the Timber program at Shawnee National Forest. The work I have done alongside the Timber crew includes taking account...
Meet David Kabak, 2020 VetsWork AmeriCorps Intern!

Meet David Kabak, 2020 VetsWork AmeriCorps Intern!

I noticed the Mt. Adams Institute VetsWork opportunity during a research for jobs while planning a move nearby a National Forest. It seemed like a good fit with my plans to further my education in the field of forestry. I’m looking forward to the experience and...

VetsWork: Voices Inside the Forest

Hello my name is Serena Sue Barto and I am currently serving a VetsWork: Environment internship as a Fire/Logistics Dispatcher at the Illinois Interagency Dispatch Center in Murphysboro, Illinois on the Shawnee National Forest. It all started one night when sleep...

VetsWork: GIS At a Glance: Hydrography

Floods are typically seen as a temporary event that can cause little to severe change in an environment. Some damage may only be temporary up to a couple days or weeks, while others last seasonally, and others cause much more invasive and permanent changes. As waters...

VetsWork: A New Pair of Boots

My name is Calvin, As a veteran I recognize a sense of service and dedication to a cause as a fulfillment of my personal sense of purpose. The Mt. Adam’s Institute, AmeriCorps, and the US Forest Service has facilitated my essential role as a volunteer and intern...