Be the Beaver

Falling asleep under the stars next to a crinkling creek is the best way to end a day.

I learned this quickly as I began two months of conservation work in Oregon with the Northwest Youth Corps last summer. 

My crew spent our nights in tents and our days working with project partners such as the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Trout Unlimited to restore numerous Northeast Oregon headwater tributaries, including streams in the North Fork John Day and Grande Ronde river basins.”

Read the full piece: Be the Beaver from Trout Unlimited’s Lizzie Stifel