S2S is shining an important spotlight on the work of Coleton Irons, a snake biologist who has been studying the Great Basin Rattlesnake. The S2S EcoRecon team had a fabulous opportunity to work with Coleton and his assistant Maddelin Osterman during the S2S 2024 EcoRecon Expedition! Click here to learn more about Coleton’s work!

S2S has recently taken over management of a nest box network at Hempstead Plains Preserve in Long Island, New York!

S2S has been able to expand its program opportunities for its 2025 EcoRecon Expedition by partnering with the Great Basin Bird Observatory!

Learn more about Ali and the her work as both a veteran and a conservation scientist! Ali has been an invaluable help and team member since she has partnered with S2S to expand our outreach!

Bethanie Hall meets up with Amy Dolan to discuss upcoming BioBlitz at Great Basin National Park in the Summer of 2025. Bethanie and Amy met during the S2S EcoRecon Expedition at Great Basin National Park in 2024.

S2S Executive Director Michael Cohn has partnered with American Corporate Partners to provide career mentorship to veterans in their network!

S2S team member Adrian Stebbins went out with Polk County Parks and Natural Resources volunteers and officials to complete a Gopher Tortoise Survey!

S2S Director Michael Cohn and veteran Alixandra Lewis attend a Saw-Whet Owl banding session with Ben Spory at his banding station in Bergton, Virginia.

S2S delivers more nest boxes to Lance and Jill Morrow for its ongoing nest box rejuvenation project at Manassas Battlefield Park and the Shenandoah Raptor Study Area.

S2S Executive Director Michael Cohn goes bird banding with members of the South Shore Audubon and a USGS permitted banding team at JFK Jr. Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary at Tobay Beach in Massapequa, New York!

S2S Executive Director attends the Association of the United States Army Conference in Washington DC with S2S veteran volunteers!

During National Public Lands Day at Manassas Battlefield Park, Executive Director Michael Cohn and birding expert Corrine Hagan constructed and installed nest boxes for the nest box rejuvenation project at the park!

S2S gets to work building nest boxes to help rejuvenate the American Kestrel nest box network at Manassas Battlefield Park and the Shenandoah Raptor Study Area with the help of Hawkwatch International!

S2S has received the 2024 Jerry Liguori Scholarship from Hawkwatch International! Click here to learn more about this awesome opportunity!

S2S hosts veterans at the 2024 Great Basin EcoRecon Expedition at Great Basin National Park in Nevada!

S2S team member Adrian Stebbins joins FWC Ridge Rangers at Highlands Hammock State Park in Central Florida for a Gopher Tortoise Survey.

S2S establishes an MOU with the Special Operations Command Career Coalition Transition Fellowship!

S2S Executive Director Michael Cohn visits the citizen science team at Cuyahoga Valley National Park! Click here to learn more!

S2S attended the Avon Park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape Land Expo. Click here to learn more!

S2S volunteer Alex Schar partners with Lance and Jill Morrow to band Kestrel chicks in the Shenandoah Raptor Study Area!