Kevin Wohlmut
Volunteer: Kevin Wohlmut
Bio:
I was part of the 2nd group of PCVs ever to serve in Mexico. I began my service working in an environmental laboratory in Saltillo, Coahuila, for 18 months. Then I suffered a knee injury and was medically evacuated for surgery. I was re-instated and then served another 18 months in a diffferent assignment, a wetland restoration project in Tepic, Nayarit.
Before the Peace Corps, I worked for various consulting engineering firms for 11 years, in the fields of Civil and Coastal Engineering.
Contributions from Kevin Wohlmut
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Dress for Success
On my first day of service at my new site, I reported to the SEMARNAT office in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. SEMARNAT is the Mexican equivalent of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and my assignment was to contribute my experience as a Coastal Engineer to a large wetland restoration project. SEMARNAT wanted me to help design hydraulics, erosion, and water quality projects. Now I don't mean to brag, but I am a professional Engineer. The work sounded very similar to projects I had worked on...
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Crocodile Farming in Nayarit
Releasing farmed baby crocodiles into the swamp, the "Marismas Nacionales" in Nayarit, Mexico.
