The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and young adults. Founded in 1957, the SCA is devoted to building access to nature, providing green job opportunities for young people, and teaching members how to become environmental stewards. The SCA also remains committed to building the next generation of conservation leaders dedicated to the lifelong protection of the environment and the communities we serve. Program participants protect and restore national parks, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks, and urban green spaces across the country. After working with the SCA, they emerge with increased environmental awareness, social responsibility and leadership skills.
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With a $5 million investment from the state, the PA Outdoor Corps will expand to provide more young people with hands-on job training and conservation experiences in partnership with PA DCNR. The funding will also allow for the hiring of additional staff, expand recruitment and strengthen community partnerships.
SCA Alum Indy Burke, the first female dean of the Yale School of the Environment, spoke with the Yale Daily News about her unwavering commitment to leading the school toward ambitious sustainability goals and educating the next generation of environmental leaders.
This year, the U.S. Army’s Fort Leavenworth Environmental Management Program expanded its engagement with SCA by bringing on five interns to support their conservation work at the Fort.
The SCA’s Adirondacks Corps Winter Team spent their service brushing trails, repairing bridges and doing chainsaw work around Little Tupper Lake in upstate New York.
Volunteers from the SCA’s Resilience Authority Youth Corps participated in a tree-planting event at Thomas Stone High School, identified as an “Urban Heat Island” by the Resilience Authority of Charles County, Maryland.
An SCA Natural Resource Steward intern participated in educating the public and improving primitive campsites around Lows Lake this summer in Adirondack Park, New York State.
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