Your Very Next Step newsletter for January 2012

Your Very Next Step newsletter for January 2012 By Ned Lundquist www.yourverynextstep.com “Naturam expelles furca, tamen usque recurret” – Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) (Epistulae, I, x, 24) (You can drive nature out with a pitchfork, but she will soon find …

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Your Very Next Step newsletter for March 2011

*** In this issue:
*** Travel news
*** 10 best U.S. airport restaurants
*** Frazil ice
*** 10 Things Hotels Won’t Tell You
*** Gorman Chairback Lodge & Cabins
*** Virgin Fires Flight Attendant After He Puts a Toddler In An Overhead Compartment
*** 8 Delicious Drinks – Bars In The Spanish Culture
*** What are your favorite local alcoholic favorites?
*** Jägertee:
*** Check in then check out these cool hotel lobbies
*** Gear Explained: Sleeping Bags
*** Embark on an Epic Train Journey through Africa
*** FlightView lets you track the progress of any flight in the U.S
*** FlightView iTunes Playlists
*** Overnight Paddling Escapes
*** Indian Market, Navajo Rug Auction, Archaeological Tours
*** National Train Day!
*** If the government shuts down, can government shut down access to public lands?
*** Virginia Summer Adventure Camps:
*** Trail volunteer opportunities:
** Parks Volunteer Coordinator, Clallam County Parks, Port Angeles, WA
** Billy Goat Trail Steward Volunteers, C&O Canal National Historic Park, Potomac, MD
** Camp Host Volunteer, Dungeness and Salt Creek County Parks, Clallam County Parks, Port Angeles, WA
** Volunteer opportunities at Mission Trails Regional Park
** Adopt-a-Trail (AAT), Great Smoky Mountains National Park
*** Rail Trail of the Month – Illinois' Fox River Trail
*** Travel/Adventure/Outdoors/Conservation employment opportunities:
1.) Forestry Technician (Smokejumper),Bureau of Land Management, US Department of the Interior, Boise, ID
2.) Non-Game Bat Technician, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lander, WY
3.) Public Relations Coordinator, JanSport, San Leandro, California
4.) Outdoor Education Teacher, GREEN CHIMNEY’S SCHOOL, GREEN CHIMNEYS CHILDREN’S SERVICE, INC., Brewster, NY
5.) Sales Rep or Distributor for fishing lures, Angler's Ammo, Jacksonville, FL
6.) Sport Fishing Guides, Kulik Lodge, Katmai National Park, AK
7.) Mountain Man Interpreter, American West Heritage Center, Wellsville, UT
8.) Park Guide, GS-0090-04, Fort Laramie NHS, Ft. Laramie, WY
9.) Seabird Monitoring Volunteer, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, AK
…and much more…and it’s all FREE!!!

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Your Very Next Step newsletter for November 2010

Check out the jobs in this issue!

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Your Very Next Step newsletter for December 2009

*** In this issue:
*** Guided Tour or “On your own?”
*** Travel News
- Has the Stripper-mobile traveled a pole to far?
- Five Ways To Score Better Airlines Seats For Holiday Travel
- Complaints Against Airlines Fall Sharply
- Is It the End of the Line for London’s Iconic Tube Map?
- Frommer's Top Destinations 2010
*** Trail ethics
*** Trail volunteer opportunities
*** Trekking poles: What do you think?
*** YVNS “Sport Ned Has Never Heard Of”
- Camel wrestlers take their humps
*** Ned reviews US Airways and US Airways Express (Okay, this is an encore presentation)
*** Ned reviews the Peabody Hotel (ne the Excelsior) in Little Rock
Here’s a couple of places to visit, if you can:
- Bula'bula Arts – Australian Aboriginal Art Centre, Central Arnhem Land, NT, Australia
- Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
*** Report-a-Poacher in Alberta
*** Travel, Outdoor and Adventure Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities
1.) Internships, The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, Boulder, CO
2.) Adventure Guide, Highland Center, Appalachian Mountain Club, Bretton Woods, NH
3.) Caretaker Vacancies on the Appalachian Trail in Maine, Maine Appalachian Trail Club
4.) Communications Coordinator, Alberta Conservation Association, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
5.) Roving Ranger, Baxter Park Campground, Baxter State Park, The State of Maine, Millinocket, ME
6.) Membership & Development Director, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Mahwah, NJ
7.) International Affairs Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department Of The Interior, Arlington, VA
8.) Forestry Technician (hotshot/handcrew), USDA Forest Service, AUGUSTA SPRINGS, VA
9.) Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of Conservation Districts, Massachusetts
10.) Field Team Leader (14 positions), Northwest Service Academy – Mt Adams Center, Trout Lake, WA
…and much more…and it’s all FREE!!!

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Your Very Next Step newsletter for November 2009

*** New Airline that Ned never heard of
*** Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival
*** Pacific Crest Trail “Places in Need”
*** Venison Sashimi in Clervaux, Luxembourg
*** Elephant Polo has strict rules old chap
*** Kayaking in the mangroves of Abu Dhabi
*** Travel/Adventure/Outdoors employment opportunities

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Your Very Next Step newsletter for July 2009

*** In this issue:
*** Travel News
*** “Where I'd rather be…”
*** YVNS “Sport You Must Try” for July
*** Faces od decay
*** Ned’s brief family vacation
*** Mike Klein’s third day in Bulgaria
*** Debbie Marcinkowski in Tibet
*** Travel, Outdoor and Adventure Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities
1.) Guide, Eastern Mountain Sports, Foxborough, MA
2.) Stables Junior Wrangler (part-time), Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO
3.) Wranglers, Duchesne County, UT
4.) Marine Mammal Observer, AES Regulatory and Technical Services, Barrow, AK
5.) Retail Associate, Fishing, Cabela's, Hamburg, PA
6.) Captain/Mate/Master, Cascade Fishing Inc., Bering Sea, AK
7.) Breakfast/Lunch Chef, Ruby Springs Lodge, Alder, MT
8.) Tour Guides, Insta-Gator Ranch, Covington, LA
9.) South Pole Area Manager, ITT Corporation, Antarctica
10.) Project Manager – South Pole Traverse, ITT Corporation, Antarctica
11.) MFO Organizer, Military Families Outdoors (MFO) Program, Sierra Club, San Francisco, California
12.) Multimedia Specialist, The Chesapeake Bay Program, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis, Maryland
…and much more…and it’s all FREE!!!

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Your Very Next Step newsletter for February 2009

Your next adventure begins with The Very Next Step.

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Your Very Next Step newsletter for December 2008

What international naval officers want most when they get home.
Gwen Saunders' silent moment.
This month's sport Ned has never heard of: Kabaddi
Upcoming Ice Festivals.
Freedom on the Great Lakes
16 job opportunities!
Because your next adventure beings with your very next step.

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Your Very Next Step newsletter for June 2008

*** In this issue:
*** Travel News
*** Ned Lundquist interviews Hwee Suan Ong about camping in Oman
*** Lufthansa responds…twice.
*** Mike Klein in search of the perfect brew, and finds (here’s the shocker) that it is right under his nose.
*** Philip D. Spiess III cooked up this “Ode to the Order of the Arrow” on short order.
*** Travel, Outdoor and Adventure Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities

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Your Very Next Step newsletter for March 2008 (Part I)

This is the “Early Edition”

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