Reorientation.

This isn't my first time working on the Saco River.


In the summer of 2006, I worked at a canoe livery, carrying canoes and kayaks for clients, and driving the vans to drop them off and pick them up along the Saco.

In 2007, I worked as a part-time conservation docent and tech guru for The Nature Conservancy (TNC)'s Saco River Project.

In 2008, I moved to Appalachia for a year, to serve as an AmeriCorps*VISTA with an environmental nonprofit in anthracite coal country, cleaning up mine-polluted rivers and reclaiming abandoned minelands.


In 2009, I'm back on the river, now working full-time as part of TNC's diversity internship program. Conservation docent work and educational outreach will still be a main focus of my position, but I will also be doing more media work, capacity-building, and tying-up of loose ends in preparation for this branch office's closure at the end of August.

As part of the internship, I'm to keep track of my work and experiences through bi-weekly paragraphs. I've elected to do so via this blog system, which I think will work better for me than a normal essay format.


It is shaping up to be an interesting summer.