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with the opportunity to travel to Georgia to participate in a week-long
summer camp. VI RC&D has been sponsoring this valuable & unique learning opportunity for VI youth since 2000.
For this year's workshop, funding was provided through a $10,700 grant from the V.I. Department of
Agriculture's Urban & Community Forestry Assistance Program.
VI RC&D sent 9 Virgin Islands high school students and 2
chaperones to the Natural Resources Conservation Workshop to be held
June 25-30, 2006 at Middle Georgia College in Cochran, Georgia. |
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The mission of the workshop is to expose
high school students, through multi-agency collaboration, to
Georgia's natural resources and the opportunities and responsibilities
that they provide. The workshop gives students an opportunity to learn about soil,
water, air, plants, minerals, and animals. It features field trips, class instruction and recreational activities.
Students attending the workshop also get a taste of college
life while spending an entire week on the college campus of Middle Georgia College.
Students are able to gain insight into careers through their counselors and
instructors consisting of professional personnel from the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, USDA-NRCS, Georgia Forestry Commission, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,
and many private industries and organizations. |
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Students compete for over $11,000
in college scholarships and cash prizes based on test scores
from the week's activities. Scholarship sponsors include the
Georgia Association of Conservation District Supervisors, ABAC
Foundation, Georgia Chapter of American Public Works Association,
Georgia Mining Association, Workshop Scholarship Fund, and the
Flint River Soil & Water Conservation District.
Applications and information are available
from the VI RC&D Office, located in the Merrill Lynch Building
in Gallows Bay, St. Croix, or by calling the office at 340-692-9632 x. 5.
Additional information on the workshop is available at www.abac.edu/psba/nrcw/. |
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