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Angeles National Forest Natural Resource Officer Edgar Hermosillo is out checking contract workers employed to reduce fuels and prevent invasive growth to ensure the health of the forest on the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, Feb. 10, 2023.
Hermosillo has been with the Forest Service for three-and-a-half years permanently.
Previously he was Pathways Intern for a season and a Resource Assistant a season before bing hired on full-time.
Having grown up in Southern California and loving the outdoors, he didn’t realize there were careers in the Forest Service.
After becoming disabled after a bicycle accident, he went on to get a masters degree in Environmental Studies from Cal State Fullerton.
(USDA Forest Service photo by Preston Keres)
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