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Veterans Nathan Stalioraitis, 20, right, Jack Delgado, 23, center, and Lance Adair, 24, left, gather their gear to work outside in the rain at the California Fish and Game office in Fortuna, CA. They are participating in a year-long paid training program under a unique partnership of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the California Conservation Corps and the State Department of Fish and Game. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Bryan Souza, 27, right, Nathan Stalioraitis, 20,left, and Maggie Groff, center, prepare to survey live salmon spawned along Cow Creek. Groff a Fisheries Technician was leading the group of veterans. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Veterans Jack Delgado, 23, right, and Bryan Souza, 27, had a week of training inside and this was there first day out in the field. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Lance Adair, 24, waits for other veterans to get briefed on surveying salmon. He has been in the program for over two years but two other veterans had just begun the program that week. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Nathan Staliioraitis, 20, right, and Bryan Souza, 27, left, make their way through the redwoods toward a creek to survey salmon as part of a get veterans back to work program. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Fisheries Technician Maggie Groff, left, chats with veterans from left Lance Adair, 24, Bryan Souza, 27, and Jack Delgado, 23, out in the field as they learn about spawned salmon. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Lance Adair, 24, waits as other veterans prepare to search for live salmon spawned in a creek after hiking through the redwoods. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
The female salmon digs a nest in which she releases her eggs at spawning time. The nest is called a redd. Veterans walk the river looking for the redd. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Fisheries Technician Maggie Groff, center, works with new veteran program participants Jack Delgado, 23, left, and Bryan Souza, 27, right. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Veterans listen to instruction from Fisheries Technician Maggie Groff, left, in orange jacket. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Jack Delgado, 23, surveys a river bank on his first day outside during a program to put veterans back to work. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Jack Delgado, 23, admires the beauty along a river bank on his first day outside during a program to put veterans back to work. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Veteran Nathan Stalioraitis, 20, walks along a creek looking for redd. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Veteran Nathan Stalioraitis, 20, carries a stick used to measure water levels and as a walking stick toward a creek looking for redd. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Nathan Stalioraitis, 20, center, measures the height and temperature of the water during a put veterans back to work job training. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Nathan Stalioraitis, 20, center, measures the height and temperature of the water during a put veterans back to work job training. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Nathan Stalioraitis, 20, left, participates in a training program with other veterans along a river bed during a conservation program that was looking for live salmon spawned. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Jack Delgado, 23, looks up at the gigantic redwoods along Cow Creek as he worked in a conservation program to survey live salmon spawned with other veterans and Fisheries Technician Maggie Groff. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Fisheries Technician Maggie Groff, leads a group of veterans across the Cow Creek while surveying live Salmon spawned. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Veterans make their way along Cow Creek during a training conservation program to put them back to work. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Maggie Groff makes her way over a downed redwood tree as she surveys live Salmon spawned along Cow Creek with a group of veterans in a training program to get them back to work. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Maggie Groff makes her way over a downed redwood tree as she surveys live Salmon spawned along Cow Creek with a group of veterans in a training program to get them back to work. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Maggie Groff crosses Cow Creek as she surveys live Salmon spawned with a group of veterans in a training program to get them back to work. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Bryan Souza, 27, left, Nathan Stalioraitis, 20, center, and Jack Delgado, 23, right, make their way across Cow Creek. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Veteran Nathan Stalioraitis, 20, looks for live Salmon spawned along Bull Creek as other veterans wait up on a bridge. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California. -
Veteran Nathan Stalioraitis , 20, has a long silhouette shadow cast as the sun comes out above Bull Creek. Photo taken December 17, 2012 in Fortuna, California.
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