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Celebrating Veterans Serving in Habitat Conservation

Join us in celebrating Veterans Day and learn more about NOAA's Veterans Corps partnerships employing veterans in the habitat restoration field.
November 08, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
In the foreground, a person wearing a black hoodie, red life jacket, and red rubber gloves stands on a ship and pulls on a rope. Two additional people are seen in the background, also wearing red life jackets. Former NOAA veteran intern Garret Engelke pulls in a surface trawling net on the Puget Sound with NOAA scientists.

A NOAA Veteran Intern’s Path to a Career in Conservation

David Farrell is an intern at NOAA through the Mt. Adams Institute VetsWork program, in a role that combines his two previous careers: communications and environmental protection.
November 08, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
Two adults wearing clothes with the NOAA logo stand behind an outreach table David Farrell (left) and Jonas Veazey of the NOAA Restoration Center engage in community outreach at the Oroville Salmon Festival. Credit: NOAA.

NOAA Veterans Corps: Progress by the Numbers

NOAA’s Veterans Corps partnerships are building on more than a decade of growth, supporting habitat and fisheries restoration projects on the West Coast.
November 07, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
A person wearing waders sits next to a river holding a large branch Veteran Colton Long monitors salmon and steelhead habitat in California’s Klamath River basin. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

NOAA Veteran Corps Internship Supports Habitat Restoration in Alaska

NOAA’s veteran corps partnerships program supports habitat restoration projects across Alaska.
Alaska
Two people sit on the snow along a creek. They are both looking at a piece of scientific equipment. One is wearing a blue winter jacket and knitted beanie, and the other is wearing a red and blue winter jacket and white baseball cap. Former NOAA veteran intern Jeremy Thatcher (right) and Chickaloon Traditional Council Environmental Program Manager Kendra Zamzow (left) take water quality measurements on Wolverine Creek, Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

NOAA VetCorps: Creating Jobs for Veterans

Supporting veterans is imperative to our agency. NOAA VetCorps gives veterans the training and tools to pursue careers in habitat conservation and restoration.
November 09, 2023 - Podcast ,
Alaska
West Coast
National
A person in waders in the water checking crab traps. Veteran intern Antonio Jones at an oyster farm in Drayton Harbor, Washington, checking traps for European Invasive Green Crab. Credit: Northwest Straits Commission

Veteran Interns Build Their Skills Supporting NOAA’s Habitat Restoration Efforts

Three veteran interns share their experiences of working with NOAA on the West Coast.
September 25, 2023 - Feature Story ,
National
Three people stand in a river, wearing waders and rubber gloves and holding nets Jodie Robinson, left, electrofishing for brook trout in Carson, Washington.

NOAA Veterans Corps Progress By The Numbers, 2021

NOAA’s Veterans Corps partnerships are building on 9 years of growth, supporting habitat and fisheries restoration projects on the West Coast.
November 10, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Two people in shallow water with waders on. One is checking devices in the water, one is writing on a clipboard. Veteran Jonathan Hallenbeck and staff from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife monitoring invasive crabs at an oyster farm in Drayton Harbor. Credit: Northwest Straits Commission

Recovery for Salmon and Soldiers: A Veteran’s Story

This Veterans Day, we highlight intern Kolten Ollum, whose military experience led him to new path in fisheries.
November 09, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Smiling male wearing sunglasses and cap is carrying a backpack while hiking near a river. NOAA VCC intern Kolten Ollum collected Chinook salmon and steelhead parr from the South Fork of the Salmon River and carried the fish to a NOAA field station using an oxygenated holding tank backpack frame. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Restoring Habitat to Support Coastal Communities: A Look Back at the Recovery Act—Part 1

Habitat restoration projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 brought jobs, recreation, and other socioeconomic benefits to coastal communities around the country.
May 24, 2021 - Feature Story ,
National
Volunteers standing along the shoreline and passing bags of oysters down the line to help construct a living shoreline Volunteers help construct a living shoreline near Daniel Island Trail in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: City of Charleston.

Native American Veteran Intern to Begin Work Restoring Washington’s Puget Sound

Through a NOAA Veterans Corps internship, Air Force veteran Tillie Smith will begin a new journey restoring habitat and resources in Puget Sound, and gaining scientific experience to build a career in natural resources.
March 09, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Tillie Smith kneeling in a patch of vegetation Photo courtesy of Tillie Smith.