About jacob mandell

2013 Wilderness Ranger Intern on the Salmon-Challis National Forest

Jacob, a Western Washington University graduate, spent the summer after his junior year with SBFC as a Wilderness Ranger Fellow.  Jacob’s forest assignment was in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. He was based out of McCall, ID. A year later Jacob earned his degree in Outdoor Recreation with a minor in Education and Social Justice.

After several outdoor jobs, one with the National Parks, another with the Washington Trails Association, Jacob has pivoted to working in a field where he’s using his school background with his minor in Education.  

Jacob is forever grateful for having the Wilderness Ranger experience and, for him, the fond memories live on.  

If you’d like to read more about Jacob’s internship experience and what he’s doing today, go to the Spring 2020 edition of the SBFC newsletter   https://www.flipsnack.com/sbfcfoundation/sbfc-newsletter-spring-2020.html

About jack markoski

2013 Wilderness Ranger Intern on the Salmon-Challis National Forest

Jack Markoski is a 2014 graduate of the University of Vermont where he studied Ecology & Conservation and Wildlife Biology. Following his time with the Selway Bitterroot-Frank Church Foundation in 2013, Jack continued working as a wilderness ranger in northeastern Nevada. He later returned to the northeast to coordinate land stewardship and education projects with the Appalachian Mountain Club and then the NorthWoods Stewardship Center. In 2016, he began working with the Vermont Chapter of The Nature Conservancy before joining on as the full time Stewardship & Volunteer Coordinator a year later. His journey in the conservation field continues in this role today.