Victor Young

Victor Young grew up in Southwest Florida. At a young age he began assisting biologists from various organizations with wildlife surveys. Victor’s passion for the outdoors and nature eventually brought him to SCCF where he started as an intern in the summer of 2005 in the Wildlife Habitat Management Program. Victor was hired as a full time Field Technician in summer 2006. Shortly after joining the SCCF team, he left for boot camp in the U.S. Coast Guard and was stationed in a reserve port security unit as a boat engineer and later as a small boat Coxswain. Victor utilizes his mechanical training he received in the Coast Guard to help maintain and fix equipment and vehicles. He also conducts fire line maintenance, treatment of invasive exotic vegetation, assists with prescribed fires, and conducts various other tasks at SCCF.