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October 2009

Dear SCA Friend,
 
Geothermal mapping sounds like a pretty dry job -- until you see it through the eyes of Carrie Guiles (SCA ’01 and current Yellowstone cartographic technician), who says, “Working on an active volcano, getting to hike around and get paid for it… I didn’t realize such things existed.” Read Carrie’s story below.
--Deb Keller, Editor
 

 Carrie Guiles at Yellowstone

Mapping Yellowstone 
“I have always had this affinity for hot springs. The fact that there’s hot water coming out of the ground is just so cool.” --Carrie Guiles, SCA’01, Yellowstone cartographic technician more »

 Nathan Taxel v1

Nathan’s Defining SCA Experience 
Starting with a desire to “get outdoors” as a high school student, Nathan Taxel followed the SCA path to his current job as Outdoor Education Coordinator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. more »

 Michelle Tice 1

Surprising Lessons from the Prairies
How does a city girl from New Jersey with a B.S. in marine biology make her way as an environmental education intern on the far-off Minnesota prairies? more »

 Aliyah Ahktab v3

Rapping SCA
Aliyah Ahktab raps SCA’s praises at Newark’s July graduation celebration. more »

 Jed Talbot

2009 Spirit of SCA Award Winner
Jed Talbot, one of the most knowledgeable and skilled professional trail designer/builders in the northeast U.S. and beyond,  got his start with SCA. more »

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