Forest Corps
A new seasonal initiative designed to help fill critical gaps.
Era Coriz
A thousand years before the first Europeans set foot in the Western Hemisphere, the Pueblo Indians had permanent, stable agricultural communities along the rivers of the Four Corners region. But…
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Ellie Zaher
The outdoors is an education for Ellie Zaher. “Every time I go out on a hike, I’m looking at flowers, plants, and animals and then I come home and learn…
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Mickey Atkins
Mickey Atkins grew up in a mountain biking family in Grand Junction, Colorado. “Mountain biking was pretty much me and my family’s lives,” he says. Mickey has been doing trail…
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Abby Franklin
Abby Franklin grew up in Portland, Oregon in an outdoorsy family. “We did lots of camping and hiking,” she says. After graduating with a degree in environmental studies from the…
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Ash Gunter
One of the most important things about work to Ash Gunter is that she find value in the job. For example: She’s been a paramedic for 15 years, including in…
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LeeAnn Shelton
“Don’t plan your plan too hard and a plan appears,” says LeeAnn Shelton, who, in 2018, moved to Wyoming from North Carolina with her husband having never before been to…
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Elly McFarland
From Anacortes, Washington, Elly McFarland first came to trail work in 2020. That summer, following her freshman year of college, she did AmeriCorps. “I’ve been doing trail work every summer…
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Monica Elliott
“The outdoors have given me so much,” says Monica Elliott, the team leader of FBT’s 2025 Forest Corps. “It’s great to be able to give back to it as part…
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