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The Virgin Islands Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. (V.I. RC&D) is seeking 9-10 Virgin Islands’ high school students between the ages of 15 - 18 to attend the 2010 Natural Resources Conservation Workshop, to be held June 13-17, 2010, at Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton, Georgia. The summer camp is usually only open to Georgia students; however, students from the USVI have participated in this valuable and unique learning opportunity since 2000 through the sponsorship of V.I. RC&D and the V.I. Urban Forestry Council.

2009 NRCW summer campers pose outside their dorms.
2009 campers & their chaperones (Back row [l-r]: Ms. Sharon Prudoff, Kyle Gonsalves, Delani Daniel, Javon Stout, Otisha King, Algenia Maffei, Dr. Louis E. Petersen, Jr., and Kiara Abramson. Front Row [l-r: Jo-Ann Thomas-Lewis, Rokeyah Connor, Olivia Ryan, and Shareena Cannonier pose outside their dorm.

High school students are exposed to various natural resources: soil, water, air, plants, minerals, and animals. Although the focus is on Georgia’s natural resources, the students learn valuable lessons and can associate these same resources with their local environment. The camp utilizes classrooms and field trip activities to help interested youth learn about the basic principles and wise use of natural resources.

Students also get a taste of college life while spending an entire week on the Abraham Baldwin College campus. In addition, students gain insight into careers through their counselors and instructors, professional personnel from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Georgia Forestry Commission, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and many private industries and organizations.

2006 Campers (Top [l-r]: Morisa Jagrup, Benjamin Ghirawoo, Aaron Luke, Darlene DeCastro, J'Moi Powell, and Kamaria Penn; Bottom [l-r]: Milraen Hodge-Grande, Michaellea Simmonds, and Isan Rivera) pose at Middle Georgia College.
2006 Campers (Top [l-r]: Morisa Jagrup, Benjamin Ghirawoo, Aaron Luke, Darlene DeCastro, J’Moi Powell, and Kamaria Penn; Bottom [l-r]: Milraen Hodge-Grande, Michaellea Simmonds, and Isan Rivera) pose at Middle Georgia College.

Student applicants must be between 15 & 18 years of age, but not a graduating senior at the time of the camp. Students must fill out a registration and medical application form, a waiver and release agreement, provide copies of valid insurance and passport, and submit a one-page essay describing their interest in natural resources and/or agriculture and why they wish to participate in the conservation summer camp.

Download Student Application Package
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Funding for this activity is provided by the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Program. For more details or an application, contact the VIRC&D office at 340-692-9632 x.5 or visit www.usvircd.org. Additional information on the workshop is available at www.abac.edu/psba/nrcw/.

VI student participants at 2005 Natural Resources Conservation Workshop
VI student participants at 2005 Natural Resources Conservation Workshop.


NRCW Photo Gallery Sample
VI student participants and chaperones at field day during 2008 Natural Resources Conservation Workshop.
VI student participants and chaperones at field day during 2008 NRCW.
Zayd hones his archery skills during 2008 NRCW field day.		 Dr. Louis Petersen (left), greets Kamaria as she disembarks from a field buggy at a camp field trip.
Dr. Louis Petersen (left), greets Kamaria as she disembarks from a field buggy at 2006 NRCW camp field trip.
Darlene has her eye, and feet, on a new combine.
Darlene has her eye, and feet, on a new combine at 2006 NRCW.		 V.I. student Morisa Jagrup [left] interacts with Georgia students during one of the classroom sessions.
V.I. student Morisa Jagrup [left] interacts with Georgia students during one of the 2006 NRCW classroom sessions.		 VI student participants and chaperones at 2003 Natural Resources Conservation Workshop.
VI student participants and chaperones at 2003 Natural Resources Conservation Workshop.

See info about 2006 and 2008 Georgia Natural Resources Conservation Summer Camps

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