by Mt. Adams Institute | 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...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Sep 28, 2018 | VetsWork
I had the honor of being this year’s Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew leader for the Eleven Point Ranger District on the Mark Twain National Forest. It was one of the best times I have had so far during my internship. Being able to take a group of teens who have...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Sep 6, 2018 | VetsWork
With this being my second term as an AmeriCorps member in the VetsWork Environment program I had the privilege of being my district’s Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew leader for a second time this summer. From my experience last year, I’m not going to lie, I was...