by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I’m Tue Gillen. Before I was assigned to the Cordova Ranger District, I worked as a restorer for eighteen months, and as a substitute schoolteacher on and off for three years. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, I’m surprisingly acclimated to the cold weather here....
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I am from Montana. I was in the Marine Corps for five years. After the military, I worked in underwater construction, and then security in Kuwait. After that I was a lineman for a private jet company. The last thing I did before signing up with Mt. Adams Institute was...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
My name is Mark Martinez. I grew up in south Texas to a low-income, migrant farming family. I love hiking, fishing and hunting, however, I never hunt or fish just for the sport of it but to provide food for myself at times. I joined the Army at 17 years old, with two...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I’m an Air Force Veteran and a Texan, who has been living overseas most of my adult life. I love the outdoors, and am interning with Mt. Adams Institute’s VetsWork program because it’s a perfect segue to a career in the forestry sector. I’m psyched...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I served in the United States Air Force (Active Duty) for four years and the United States Air Force (Reserves) for two years. I’ve always had aspirations to “pay it forward” by giving back to the country that has given me so much. I came to the United States as a...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
My name is Christopher Steinle and I grew up outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I am an eleven-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard where I developed several skills that I’m expecting to transfer to the environmental field. I have a bachelor’s and associate’s...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jun 8, 2020 | VetsWork
I grew up in Texas. I have always loved being in nature and find a strong connection to animals and plants. I spent six years serving in the military as an Air Force officer. I graduated from Baylor University and the University of Texas at Arlington. Since being out...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Feb 21, 2020 | Field Notes
“I knew I wanted to work in natural resources when I was 15 and my mother took my little sister and me on a trip to a guest ranch in Moose, Wyoming. The landscape, it’s wildlife, and it’s people hit me as hard as anything ever has. My life from then...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Sep 26, 2019 | VetsWork
Hello everyone. The amount of projects, people, and friends I have met and made in Tillamook County because of Mt. Adams Institute’s VetsWork AmeriCorps program has been extraordinary. From day one until now I have kept myself busy digging in the dirt, planting trees...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 6, 2019 | VetsWork
I’ve been working for about two months now and have yet to find an aspect of this job that I have not liked. I wanted to be outdoors, learning about wildlife and getting familiar with the local forest. I have been thrilled with the work I have been doing so far and my...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 6, 2019 | VetsWork
There are a few easy ways for an outsider to know when spring has begun in Rockbridge County. The turkeys are out, as are the soon to be hunters, Morel mushrooms will begin to appear around the poplar trees, and country roads will become clogged with trout...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 6, 2019 | VetsWork
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,...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 6, 2019 | VetsWork
I’m a couple months into the VetsWork AmeriCorps internship and so far it has been a great experience. I began the internship in Trout Lake, WA on the Mount Adams Ranger District of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. I was there to learn and perform facilities...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 6, 2019 | VetsWork
Hello everyone out there in Blog land! My name is Jeff and I am a VetsWork intern working with the fleet management department in (wait for it), Anchorage, Alaska!! I am going on my 3rd month with the program here and love it. The people I work with are awesome and...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 6, 2019 | VetsWork
My name is Dallas Reece Rhinehart. I served 5 years in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman before transitioning into civilian life, and the Mt. Adams Institute (MAI) VetsWork program. I’m currently serving on the North Fork John Day Ranger District of the Umatilla...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 23, 2019 | VetsWork
United States Army to United States Forest Service thanks to the VetsWork program of the Mt. Adams Institute. My name is Keoni and I am serving on the Malheur National Forest at the Prairie City Ranger District as a recreation technician. One month down and my only...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 23, 2019 | VetsWork
Since I started working for the Malheur National Forest through the VetsWork program, I have had many different experiences and have learned new skills. One day, we were called out to assess a bridge that had been flooded due to a large sinkhole, which formed during...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 23, 2019 | VetsWork
My experiences thus far have been amazing. I have had the opportunity to be involved in a multifaceted overview of the Forest Service and what it has to offer. My daily job entails the collection and management of site reports, contract reports, and Forest...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 23, 2019 | VetsWork
Hey everyone, I’m really excited to fill you in on the past two months of my AmeriCorps VetsWork internship. As you may have read in my bio, I am working in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Northwest Georgia. It has been an incredible experience so far...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 23, 2019 | VetsWork
Hello, my name is Christina Passafaro and I am working on the Sumter National Forest in Mountain Rest, South Carolina as the volunteer coordinator. I’ll be doing this position for ten months through the VetsWork AmeriCorps program that Mt. Adams Institute...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 23, 2019 | VetsWork
My first six weeks as an Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) VetsWork intern have been AWESOME! I have been taught more new skills than I can think of. Here’s a short list of the top few I have enjoyed the most: bucking and basic chainsaw training, using a gas drill,...
