As a Resource Assistant (RA), this has been an opportunity to learn as much about the Forest Service and network with other staff before taking on a permanent position. However, as a remote worker, I…

This year San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Complex welcomed me as their first Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) intern.

Hi everyone! During the last couple of months, I attended multiple volunteer events and got the chance to ask the volunteers why they are participating in these events. Their responses were so inspiring. Some examples…

The highlight of my new update this term has been Latino Conservation Week. For Latino Conservation Week, HAF put together an intern camping trip in Los Padres National Forest. Interns from around the area and…

I work remotely for the US Forest Service.  That means I work from home.  Home for me is San Antonio, TX. I live in an inner-city apartment near downtown, in a low-income neighborhood with no…

Week 3 in the California Central Valley Wildlife Refuges I am coordinating a survey that estimates the amount of seeds produced by species that migratory birds need as a food source in the central valley…