This blog marks five weeks since I started working as a Conservation Education Resource Assistant for the Angeles National Forest.

After joining the Forest Service for a little over a month now, I have gained a sense of appreciation for my mentors and the watershed planning staff that I work alongside.

resouThis year, the world fell apart. It’s still falling apart. With COVID setting the stage for almost every action we take, fear, anxiety and hopelessness have crept into our thoughts more regularly than we are…

reso              Confusing things happen sometimes. 

The past four years have been especially hard for El Yunque National Forest, the only rainforest of the U.S. National Forest system. The forest, located in northeastern Puerto Rico, was struck in 2017 by two…

Every time I tell people I grew up in Chicago, people always rush to tell me how lucky I am. And it wasn't until I left that I really started to see what everyone meant.