In mid-April 2022, the AmeriCorps/Conservation Legacy Veterans Fire Crew concluded their season at the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (NERI). The crew completed a four-month training/work program that provided five individuals with various experience involving typical work projects carried out by wildland firefighters. The crew completed mechanical treatments around some of the most historical structures in the park, including the once prominent coalmining communities of Nuttallburg and Thurmond. They also maintained a long-term fire oak regeneration/ fire ecology project involving checking and repairing deer exclosures throughout their season. This story map provides more details about the veterans fire crew work.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
