Personal Narrative: My Internship With The Coosa River

While interning with Coosa River with the small amount of time I had, I learned a couple of new things. I learned why citizens want to protect their rivers so bad, learned how to test water while receiving my certification for it, and I also learned the ways of the non-profit world. Justin Overton, the executive director and Frank Chitwood, the river keeper both mad my stay worthwhile. Justin’s job is ensuring that the organization has the resources needed to fight for swimmable, drinkable, and fishable water. She also coordinates many other aspects of the organization such as membership, capacity building, special events, and outreach. Franks job is to monitors water quality, patrols the river, responds to citizen complaints of pollution, and conducts research. My big project with the Coosa River is producing a map for the users of the river, covering the facilities, quality of fish, recreation and use of resources on the river. This map will be called the Fish Guide, this map will also help you find marinas, bait shops, and boat ramps. This map will be
I was supposed to start in the beginning of February but did not start until late March, which set me back from the other students. Dr.Holt told me I would be interning with Alabama Rivers Alliance, I was astonished, considering that this is a big organization to me I could not believe it. Opportunities like this I thought I would never get. Interning with them and attending the conference in mobile will expand my network, knowledge and gives me a better chance in getting a good job. With Alabama Rivers I expect to do a lot of office work, physical work, and learn policies I have no clue about. I also expect the environment to be friendly and energetic but yet filled with problems to solve. Unfortunately I did not get to experience none of my assumptions because there communication was terrible and was too busy for an