YCC crew leader fishing at Back Bay NWR
YCC – what does it stand for?
This morning was about capturing what we didn’t get the day before. Our time on the surf was a success but we still needed to complete the story. Fish releases and sounds of the surf were two points not yet captured and our morning was spent staging the scene with the summer YCC crew. YCC interns are a common sight across refuges during the summer months. High school students work to improve habitat, fight invasive species, and learn about the Refuge System. Their work is usually outside and this time of year, very hot. So, when given the opportunity to stand in as casting doubles, they all eagerly agreed. It’s this kind of willingness to adapt and offer assistance that makes refuges feel like a family.
In Conserving the Future, we talk a lot about being adaptive, and as we saw during our time at Back Bay, this refuge is already very aware of this concept.
Side note: Tonight we got a glimpse of the “Chernobyl” blue crabs we’ve heard so much about at Mattamuskeet NWR. Can’t wait to see how filming goes tomorrow! (Even though we did lose the refuge’s net while lending it to a local ministry group who was having much more success catching than us newbies.)
Anna Harris is the Vision Coordinator for Conserving the Future and a member of the team taking vision on the road.
