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33rd Annual Camp
July 12-18, 2009
2009 Youth
Conservation Camp Questions??
use the links below for:
*Directions to Virginia Tech
*Campus Map
(Registration Begins
@ 1:00 PM in NEWMAN HALL #24 on the map)
*Items to Bring to Camp/Pick Up
Information
Download Application
(must be submitted to your
local SWCD Office)
Don't know your local
SWCD?? CLICK HERE!
For 32
years, the Virginia Association of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts has sponsored a week long summer conservation
camp for Virginia high school students (currently enrolled in grades 9-12) on the campus of
Virginia Tech. The program brings together about 90 interested
students for a week of learning about Virginia's natural resources
from conservation professionals and faculty from Virginia Tech. Most
of the instruction is hands-on and outdoors.
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2008 Youth Conservation Camp Group
Photo
Claytor Lake State Park
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2009 Camp Highlights
See
2008 Photos!
Sponsored by the VASWCD. With funding provided by local SWCDs and the Virginia Farm Bureau
Foundation.
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Have you already attended Youth
Camp, consider
Holiday Lake Forestry Camp
June 15-20, 2009
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Camp Schedule....
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Sunday, July 12
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Tech Campus
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Opening program
Tour Campus
Volleyball
Tournament
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Monday, July 13
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Claytor Lake State Park
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Lake Ecology
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Fisheries Management
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Water Quality
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Cookout
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Tuesday, July 14
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Cascades Hike
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Hike to the Cascades waterfall and investigate forestry and wildlife issues
- Tour Forest Products Center
- Turfgrass Management
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Wednesday, July 15
- VA Tech Campus & Agriculture Farm
Agricultural Best Management
Practices: Rotational grazing,
alternative watering systems,
nutrient management, ag stewardship
Soils
Tour Dairy Science
- Tour Swine Center
- Tour
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
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Thursday, July 16
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Mountain Lake Day
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Forest measurements
Dendrology
Wildlife research techniques -
Geology
- Forestry BMP
Logging Site Visit
- Tour College Natural Resources
- Volleyball Tournament
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Friday, July 17
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Canoeing on the New River
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Stream Morphology
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Shoreline Erosion
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Scavenger Hunt Using GIS
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Tour Aquaculture
Center
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Saturday, July 18
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Closing Program (Parents are invited)
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Check out
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Mini-Envirothon
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Awards Presentation
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Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts
7308 Hanover Green Drive, Suite 100
Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111
Office - (804) 559-0324
Fax - (804) 559-0325
2006 All rights reserved.
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