Robert Poulson-Houser, Washington, DC Intern : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Robert Poulson-Houser, Washington, DC Intern / mypubliclands
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | "While my time in Montana is winding down, I know that I will carry this experience with me for the rest of my career. I have been lucky enough to meet some great BLMers, learn about State and Field Office functioning, and experience, first-hand, some significant BLM projects. I’m really grateful for this opportunity and thankful to Al Nash and the BLM Montana and Dakotas team who hosted me.After departing Washington, DC on Sunday August 2nd and connecting through Minneapolis, I arrived in Billings, Montana to beautiful, sunny weather and friendly people. I checked-in to my hotel and began exploring the city. One of the most noticeable differences between Billings and Washington was the landscape. Billings has lower population density and is surrounded by iconic, western scenery. I definitely was not expecting everything to be so spread out. Without a vehicle, it’s hard to imagine how people would get around.On Monday, I went in to the Montana state office and met with Al Nash, the Communications Chief for the State. Al was previously the head of communications for Yellowstone National park so he had interesting stories and wisdom from years of service to share. Al introduced me to the rest of the Public Affairs employees in the state office and we started planning what I would do on my trip. The first step of the trip, we decided, would be to tour the fire dispatch center.Alyse, the new media professional in the Montana office, took me up to the fire dispatch center on Tuesday, where we toured the facilities and the tanker planes that drop fire retardant to fight fires. While I had always heard that such planes existed, it was fascinating to see one in real life.On Wednesday, Brad Purdy (another public affairs person from Montana) and I went up to the Pryor Mountains to help with a wild horse and burro gather. The team removed four horses from the wild that day, and we even got to see the famous wild horse named “Cloud.” The wild horse and burro crew is really outstanding. They love the horses and it shows in the quality of their work. It was great to see them in action and I’m happy that we have such horse-loving people running the program.The rest of my trip has been focused around the planning and execution of the coal listening sessions in Billings, MT and Gillette, Wyoming. These events have been months in the making and have had a lot of planning go into them. The Billings event was August 11th and had over 200 attendees. We heard from ranchers, miners, environmentalists, representatives from native American tribes, politicians, and countless members of the public. There were over 70 speakers (many attendees did not want to speak) and everyone was polite, friendly, and considerate of other people. What a wonderful representation of Montana! I leave for the Gillette session tomorrow and am excited to see how that session is different from Billings."-Robert Poulson-Houser, Washington, DC Intern |
| 撮影日 | 2015-08-26 10:02:00 |
| 撮影者 | mypubliclands |
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