Public Lands Stewards: Seeking Refuge

Public Lands Stewards: Seeking Refuge

Arriving at Conboy Lake National Wildlife in the spring is a spectacle unlike anything I had ever experienced. Growing up in Florida the transition from winter to summer appears to happen overnight, what may have been a month of cool weather immediately turns to an...

Public Lands Stewards: Turn and Fall

Turn and Fall Fog hangs heavy In the valley Animals find solace In their hiding places I wonder how the three-legged elk is faring   Fall is Coming Bull’s bugle After a long summers absence Three points and five points Sparing for practice Cranes congregate...

Public Lands Stewards: Water is Life

Water is Life May, water is abundant Meandering through channels and Man-made ditches It comes up to your chest Don’t top! July, water is disappearing Forced to a stop By the disputes of men Mud and duck tracks are reminders Of what once was Some strongholds remain...

Public Lands Stewards: Wildlife Management

Conboy Lake is not really a lake. Mice can maneuver into the inside of cars and eat emergency ramen rations. Use one hand to catch bullfrogs. Toads breed in hordes. Bring a plank for crossing streams. And lastly, unless you’re over 50 years old, don’t even try to play...

VetsWork: An Introduction to Fish Hatcheries

Since getting hired by the Mt. Adams Institute through the VetsWork AmeriCorps program in March, it has been an extremely busy time learning how fish hatcheries operate. I began my first day of work at the Carson National Fish Hatchery in Washington on March 25th,...

VetsWork: More Than What I Expected. . .

My first month as a VetsWork AmeriCorps intern with the Mt. Adams Institute, living and working in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area has been awesome! I moved here from New England, not knowing what to expect. Would this be the start of a career, or just a...