VetsWork: Crescent Ranger District

by | Jul 23, 2019 | VetsWork

  Getting warmed up and accustomed to the new work environment here in Crescent has been a very valuable learning lesson and a great step in the direction of feeling confident and cable in the Forest Service. In just the couple months that I have been in my new...

VetsWork: A New Perspective on Alaska

by | Jul 23, 2019 | VetsWork

I think that everyone in the lower 48 states has an idea of what Alaska is like or all about. First things that jump to my mind are moose, glaciers, vast expanse of forest and the odd off/on structure of daylight throughout the year. Basically anything outdoorsy or...

VetsWork: The Long and Winding Trail

by | Jul 22, 2019 | VetsWork

I met Staff Sergeant Robert Paul in the cab of a dusty 998 model Humvee near Baghdad, Iraq in 2004. I had just joined up with a new forward operating civil affairs team as a driver and a gunner. It was March 3…it was 98 degrees; Ramadan had ended the month prior and...

VetsWork: Just the Beginning

by | Jun 20, 2019 | VetsWork

  Hello world, I am serving as a recreation intern based at the Glacier Ranger District in Girdwood, Alaska for the U.S. Forest Service on the Chugach National Forest. Finding this position came at the perfect time in my life and I am so ecstatic to be here! I...

VetsWork: An Amazing Experience

by | Nov 14, 2018 | VetsWork

My name is Matthew Blees. I grew up in a small town of rural Pennsylvania. I have always loved hiking, fishing and anything that would bring me outdoors. I’m retired from the United States Navy. I started college working towards a computer science degree, and was...

VetsWork: A Life-changing Internship

by | Nov 14, 2018 | VetsWork

My experience as an intern working with Mt. Adams Institute has been excellent. The amount of exposure I got working in the Umatilla National Forest was kind of overwhelming…in a great way. There are so many career paths in the Forest Service. I never imagined how...

VetsWork: Voices Inside the Forest

by | Nov 14, 2018 | VetsWork

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

by | Oct 2, 2018 | VetsWork

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: Pushing Further

by | Oct 1, 2018 | VetsWork

During my first year of VetsWork, I was mostly getting introduced to fieldwork, having been a visitor assistant for the U.S. Forest Service previously. I gained a solid base skill set for continued work in natural resource management. At the end of that term, I was...

VetsWork: I Made it Through the Wilderness

by | Sep 6, 2018 | VetsWork

As a great lover of musicals it is not hard for me to imagine during my day to day routine that I am indeed living in a musical, or at least should be. Random songs are constantly popping into my head that perfectly describe whatever situation I find myself in. It...

VetsWork: Keeping Busy Down in Crescent, OR

by | Sep 6, 2018 | VetsWork

Blog number two! Things have been a blast down in Crescent America. Since the April blog, I’ve done many little adventures for work here in Crescent, OR and even had the opportunity to work in the Redmond/Sisters, OR area. I’ve been a part of many projects on the...