Young N’ Wild

Ever wonder what it’s like to work with us?

Well, we don’t have to tell you- hear directly from our young employees and interns about the amazing things they get to do while working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service!

A YCC crew member pulls invasive water chestnut at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge.

Megan Davis is a recent grad who is just beginning her full-time career with the Service at Iroqouis National Wildlife Refuge. Learn more about Megan at: https://usfwsnortheast.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/shooting-for-the-stars-from-volunteer-to-employee/

Gabriel Harper is a refuge law enforcement officer at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Learn more about Gabe at: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/feature_archive/Feature.cfm?id=794592173

Melissa has worked with the Service for two years as a biology intern. Learn more about Melissa at: https://www.youthgo.gov/youth-profile/melissa-rae-lesh

Longnose gar at the Maryland Fishery Resources Office.

A YCC crew helps to check purple martin houses at Iroqouis National Wildlife Refuge.

We are committed to conserving natural resources and one of the key components to conservation is working with the people that make it happen. Our interns and employees have the opportunity to explore a number of career choices, including biology, journalism, new media production, IT, education, accounting and more.

Want to get involved with the Fish and Wildlife Service? Find out how!

This summer, follow our future conservationists on their career journeys!

• Audrey Bonk, a participant in the 2013 Career Discovery Internship Program (CDIP) which is a partnership between the Service and the Student Conservation Association, tells us what’s in a day of banding least terns in the Chesapeake Bay region!
• Amara Huddleston, a CDIP intern, explains how she’s working to help control invasive species that threaten native plants and animals at Long Island refuges.
• Meet the AmeriCorps crew at the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts, who are working on building a universally accessible trail at the refuge’s Fort River Division.
• Brian Merewitz tells us about his small mammal research project in the Chesapeake Bay and what he learned by making it fool-proof.
• Robert Haltner was studying business administration in college- until he met us! Find out what led him to pursue a career in conservation in the Lower Great Lakes region.
• Stephanie Petrus is learning how to become a good scientist at Maine’s Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. Find out what she loves just as much as clam chowder and lighthouses.
• Jane Wong takes us into a day at Wertheim National WIldlife Refuge’s summer day camp program that provides a unique educational opportunity for youth in the Shirley, NY area.
• Brittany Forslind is greening New Jersey and beyond as she tackles invasive species along the Appalachian Trail.
• Camille Sims brings us to the Virginia coast at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. You don’t want to miss what she gets to do at work!
• Crystal Ambrose is helping critters in the river and the sky at Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge in West Virginia.
• Beth Decker takes us on a journey through the camera lens. See how she’s capturing the mission.
• Krystal Krejcik closes out our Young N’ Wild series by sharing her adventure leading the spirited Youth Conservation Corps crew at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge this summer.