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

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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

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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

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT TIDEWATER SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (804) 693-3562 EXT.5 

or VASWCD (804) 559-0324

Applicants must be in grades

9-12 during the 2009-2010 academic school year.

Return Application and $25.00 Refundable deposit by April 19th       

Tidewater SWCD

P.O. Box 677 Gloucester Va  23061