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Gain Valuable Career Experience

with GeoCorps America
TM

GSA’s GeoCorps America program provides rewarding Since participating in GeoCorps America, Juarbe-Martinez
opportunities on public lands for geoscience education and continues to collaborate with the U.S. Forest Service in on GIS-
career development. The program is a partnership between GSA, related projects in Florida.
governmental agencies, and other organizations committed to
science and stewardship. To get involved, go to www.geosociety.org/geocorps.

Participant Story
GeoCorps participant Pablo Juarbe-Martinez provided geo-
spatial support to the National Forests in Alabama in the 2018
fall/winter season of the program. He created new and updated
motorized vehicle–use maps, maintenance maps, and landline
delineations for Forest Service districts for his project. He also
gained field experience with land-surveying techniques.

“In my case, I have gained so many
new skills in geographic information
systems (GIS) and all of the different
platforms where I can create all of
these informative maps. I have a better
understanding of the structure of the
federal government and how it works. I
learned valuable fieldwork experience
that will greatly help me in the future.
I was able to meet a lot of people in my
field of interest and learn from them
first hand.” —Pablo Juarbe-Martinez Above: Juarbe-Martinez discussing data and work plans with a forest
land surveyor. Left: Juarbe-Martinez measuring tree circumference
as part of an ecological survey in Tuskegee National Forest.

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