A Huge Thank You To My OWCN Family!

As some of you may know, I recently accepted the Wildlife Response Coordinator position with CDFW-OSPR, and will be starting in January! As sad as it is to be leaving my friends and colleagues, I am very excited for this new chapter. However, before I go, I wanted to write one last blog as a thank you to all my colleagues who have taken me under their wing over the past few years and taught me everything I know about oil spill response. When I first joined the OWCN, I had absolutely no knowledge of oil spill response. In fact, I never even considered the idea that people would do this for a living! Luckily for me, I somehow got mixed up in the chaos and mayhem that constitutes hazing, deterring, and capturing oiled wildlife and absolutely love the challenges that come with it. Despite my best efforts, I would never have learned or grown as much as I have without the encouragement, support, and guidance from my colleagues within the management team and the network as a whole. So a huge thank you to all of you, especially to Wendy, for taking the time to share your knowledge with me. I look forward, and feel honored, to get to continue working with you all! As a final send off, I put together this highlight reel of some of my favorite memories from the past few years.

-Jennie 

Field Operations Specialist