2010 YOUTH CONSERVATION CAMP

JULY 18-24, 2010 – VIRGINIA TECH

Camp Application

Youth Conservation Camp applications are now available at the Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District for Gloucester, Middlesex, and Mathews students that are in the 9th -12th grade during the 2009-2010 school year.  Youth Conservation Camp is a weeklong camp, July 18-24, 2010, that is sponsored by the VA Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.  Two students are chosen by Tidewater SWCD to attend this free camp at Virginia Tech each year. Camp admission, meals and lodging during camp is provided by Tidewater SWCD. Transportation to and from camp is the sole responsibility of the camper. While at camp, students will bunk in the college dorms and be involved in many activities and educational events including:

Sunday, July 18 Orientation to Virginia Tech Campus •Check in 1:30 pm & Unpack •Opening program •Tour VT Campus •Volleyball Tournament Monday, July 19 Claytor Lake State Park •Lake Ecology •Fisheries Management •Land Use Planning & Watersheds •Swimming & Cookout • Tuesday, July 20 VA Tech Campus & Cascades •Hike to the Cascades Waterfall •Tour Forest Products Center Turfgrass Management

Wednesday, July 21 Agriculture Research Farm • Agricultural Best Management Practices • Soils Workshop • Tour Dairy Science & Swine Centers Thursday, July 22 Mountain Lake Wildlife & Forestry Day • Investigate forestry and wildlife issues • Tree Identification Hike • Wildlife research techniques • Karst Geology workshop • Tour College of Natural Resources & Veterinary School Friday, July 23 Canoeing & Watershed Day on the New River • Stream Morphology • Shoreline Erosion • Scavenger hunt using GIS technology • Tour Aquaculture Center