Hello readers, my name is Tony and I am a Hmong American from a small town in Northern California called Hamilton City. As of spring 2022, I will finish my academic career at California State…

Hello everyone! My name is Jackie and I just wrapped up my first month as the new Projects and Communications Fellow for the Partnership Wild & Scenic Rivers (PWSR) based in Springfield, MA! Prior to…

Welcome back, avid MANO blog readers; it’s great to see you! Unfortunately, the Omicron variant and the holiday season left me little to write about during the past four months. Thankfully, March has been fantastic…

While Amherst, Massachusetts is most known for its abundance of colleges and the more than twenty thousand undergraduate students that call it home, the outskirts are quiet and quaint. Driving around, it feels like your…

Hi blog readers! My name is Vanessa and I have been in my communications fellowship in NPS for the National Trails System (NTS) since September. I can’t believe it is now March! Since January, I…

In my time with the National Park Service – Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program (NPS-RTCA), my assignments ran the gamut from articles in newsletters to social media posts on Facebook and Twitter. By the…