The LINK Internship program lasts for three weeks at Animas High School. During this time, all Junior students are exempt from their daily classes, attending jobs that they have planned in advance with a designated mentor. Like a real job, getting into an internship requires you to have informational interviews with places of interest, along with submitting a resume, and consulting your mentor about things like transportation and work hours. With all of this being said, the LINK Internships serve as a simulation of what it is like to apply and work at a job. These internships are a critical part of Animas' post-secondary success motto, as they prepare students to tackle the real world beyond high school and college.
Where was I?
For my internship, I ended up at Conservation Lands Foundation. Focused on preserving and caretaking for national monuments all across the west side of the United States, they were founded in 2007. These monuments and wildlife conservation areas span across eleven states, including Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and even a location out in Florida! Furthermore, Conservation Lands Foundation has been tied to and in close communication with the Bureau of Land Management for many years, ensuring that these lands are being protected by the government.
During my stay at Conservation Lands, I was tasked with sorting lots of photos that included wildlife, landscapes, and restoration projects relating to the Foundation's national monuments. The majority of these were strewn about in more folders than one would probably want to sift through, so I simplified things by making generalized folders, and naming the photos in accordance with the content shown within them.