Meet Our
New Amercorp Members
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Nancy and Jessica
Shasta County was the place Jessica Oliver called home, until she moved to attend Humboldt State University. She has recently completed a degree in Zoology and Biology with a marine concentration. Jessica’s field experience includes grey and humpback whale observations and radio-telemetry of harbor seals, which she helped tag in the Humboldt Bay last summer. She has also conducted wallaby research in the Outback and studied marine and tropical ecology as an exchange student at the University of Queensland, Australia.
By joining AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project, Jessica hopes to gain greater knowledge of riparian ecology and conservation efforts of Northern California. Sharing knowledge that she has learned is also extremely important to her, and she looks very forward to working with a wide range of kids throughout Trinity County during her year of service with the District. Jessica is not certain what path she will pursue after that, but she tentatively plans to attend University of Florida, or work on a post-graduate degree in Australia with an emphasis on ecology.
Nancy Small moved to Weaverville from Florida in January. She is one of the two new AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project members. Nancy was a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, West Africa working as an Environmental Education Extension Agent. She enjoyed the experience immensely and decided to further her education on the environment by joining AmeriCorps.
Nancy has been busy working on various projects at the RCD including teaching environmental education at Weaverville Elementary School. She looks forward to helping organize this year’s Salmon Festival as well as the Weaverville Summer Day Camp. She enjoys living in Weaverville and meeting new people. She looks forward to her year in Weaverville.
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District Manager's Corner
by Pat Frost
I continued to think about the 50th birthday of our District while I read the articles going into this issue of the Conservation Almanac. It reminded me that the District’s history is just one small thread in the history of stewardship in Trinity County. There was no dam in 1956. There was no need to “manage” the spring flows to restore the Trinity River, but floods like the 1955 flood were on everyone’s mind.
Just as the issues have changed during the past 50 years, so have the names and faces of the RCD. The thread of our history includes the experience that comes with time and the enthusiasm of newness. I welcome Nancy and Jessie for their year of AmeriCorps service and appreciate the energy and ideas that they bring to our conservation family. I also want to thank Elena Letton for her many years of dedication to the District. She is leaving the daily routine of the office to pursue other interests. Elena’s contributions are like the Trinity River. They run deep and cover the broad landscape of the District’s work. I know that I speak for everyone, who has been associated with the Trinity County Resource Conservation District since the mid-1990’s, when I say “Thank you for everything, Elena!”
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