After a 2010 NOAA Knauss Fellowship, Terill Hollweg has returned to the NOAA Restoration Center and now helps restore habitat in the Pacific Northwest.
Through strong community partnerships NOAA is able to do more restoration, helping California fish, kelp forests, seabirds and more recover after impacts from oil spills and hazardous waste.
NOAA-supported restoration work aims to alleviate flooding, prevent fish kills, and reconnect migrating salmon and steelhead to their historic habitat.
After a severe on-the-job injury, Coast Guard veteran Chris Sutherland is fulfilling his goals of working in environmental sciences through NOAA’s Veterans Corps—but not without other challenges along the way.
Army veteran Ryan Shorrow shares his story about career struggles after serving in the military—until he found his future in the salmon streams of Northern California.