Summer Associate - Environmental Education Fellow

The Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group (HCSEG) is a nonprofit organization at the Salmon Center in Belfair, WA. HCSEG deepens the connection between land, people, and salmon. This happens through restoration, education, and research. HCSEG is located on a re-purposed family farm on the tip of the Hood Canal. The campus includes 38 acres of organic produce gardens, farm animals, a classroom, and trail access to the Union River Estuary Preserve. Because many rural economies rely on healthy ecosystems (including fisheries, agriculture, and outdoor recreation) degraded habitat, compromised food systems, and limited access to environmental education can contribute to further economic instability. Summer Associates at HCSEG are supporting AmeriCorps VISTA's poverty-alleviating mission by delivering high-quality environmental education to youth from low-income, rural communities, and Title I schools. Students are introduced to careers in the environmental field with family sustaining salaries. In this way, the program provides local youth a pathway out of poverty. For more information about Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group visit their website: https://www.pnwsalmoncenter.org/