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NRCS Workshop Scheduled in Tifton

              The Natural Resources Conservation Workshop, hosted this year by Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, gives students ages 15 and 18 who have not graduated from high school a unique one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn about Georgia’s natural resources.

This workshop utilizes classroom and field trip activities to enhance students’ understanding of Georgia’s natural resources and to help them use these resources responsibly.

Students attending the workshop will get a taste of college life while gaining valuable insight into careers through their counselors and instructors consisting of professional personnel from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Georgia Forestry Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and many private industries and organizations.

"Some of our youth do not realize the importance of our natural resources that we all depend on daily.  This camp utilizes classrooms and field trips to help educate our students on the basic principles to conserve our natural resources," said Workshop Director, Dennis Brooks.

           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, Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District, University of Georgia, Fort Valley State University and the Heart of Georgia Technical College.

 The $150 per student tuition usually is provided to workshop students by local Soil and Water Conservation Districts, local businesses and individuals.

          Application and information is available online at http://www.abac.edu/psbo/nrcw/ or through county offices of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Georgia Forestry Commission, Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division or the Cooperative Extension Service and participating organizations.  Application deadline is May 16, 2008.