[va-richmond-general] Youth Conservation Corps for summer 2009

please send to high school students you know that may enjoy participating.

Tyler Turpin


The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia State Parks is 
now taking applications for the 2009 Youth Conservation Corps program.  The two 
three-week sessions are scheduled as follows; session one: June 21 - July 11, 
session two: July 19 – Aug 8.  The student may only attend one of the sessions. 
 YCC participants assist with an assortment of projects in Virginia State 
Parks, including wildlife and fisheries habitat improvement, trail and 
campground construction and restoration, timber and shoreline improvement, and 
landscape beautification. The YCC is modeled after the federal service program 
AmeriCorps and the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps that built the 
original six Virginia State Parks. Teams of 10 participants will be chosen from 
current high school students aged 14-17 (participants must be 14 by 1 June 
2009) who demonstrate an interest in protecting Virginia’s environment. While 
no prior experience is necessary, participants will work outside, and the 
service is physically demanding.  A positive attitude, an interest in learning, 
curiosity about interpreting nature, desire to work on outdoor projects and 
live away from home in our parks for three weeks are also important factors in 
the selection process. The 2009 YCC sessions will be held at 10-12 State Parks 
across the Commonwealth. YCC crew members are provided room, board, tee-shirts 
and work-related equipment, and receive a $500 stipend at the end of the three 
weeks. 

 

The work is outdoors and often physically demanding, but the memories and 
experiences the youth take away last forever. The YCC application deadline for 
students is 11 April .  For more information or an application, contact Gaston 
at 703.583.5497, Fax 703.583.2514 e-mail vspycc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or visit 
www.dcr.virginia.gov.  Currently you will have to down load a PDF version of 
the application and submit.  After 16 January you will be able to apply on line 
at:  http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/ycc.shtml

 

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