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35th Annual Camp

July 10-24, 2011

 

2010 Slide Show

Updated 9/1/10

 

Contact Beth Sokolik at (804) 559-0324 or elizabeth.sokolik@vaswcd.org with questions.

 

 

For 34 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 70 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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2010 Youth Conservation Camp Group Photo

Claytor Lake State Park

 

 

 

2010 Camp Highlights

    See 2009 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 2011

 

Camp Schedule....

 

Sunday, July 18

Tech Campus

Opening program

Tour Campus

Volleyball Tournament

 

Monday, July 19

Claytor Lake State Park

Lake Ecology

Fisheries Management

Water Quality

Cookout

 

Tuesday, July 20

Cascades Hike

Hike to the Cascades waterfall and investigate forestry and wildlife issues

Tour Forest Products Center

Turfgrass Management

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Wednesday, July 21

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

 

 

Thursday, July 22

Mountain Lake Day

Forest measurements
Dendrology
Wildlife research techniques

Geology 

Forestry BMP Logging Site Visit

          Tour College Natural Resources

Volleyball Tournament

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Friday, July 23

Canoeing on the New River

          Stream Morphology

          Shoreline Erosion

          Scavenger Hunt Using GIS

          Tour Aquaculture Center

 

Saturday, July 24

Closing Program (Parents are invited)

Check out

Awards Presentation


Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts
7308 Hanover Green Drive, Suite 100
Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111
Office - (804) 559-0324
Fax - (804) 559-0325
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