Apply now to Youth Conservation Camp!
For over 40 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 9th-12th) on the campus of Virginia Tech. The program brings together around 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.
Applications are now closed. Check back in spring 2026 for next years YCC camp!
See highlights of the 2019 YCC camp here -> 2019-Youth-Conservation-Camp-Annual-Report
Questions and completed applications can be sent to Jessie Freeland at jessie.freeland@lswcd.org.
Not old enough to join in on the YCC fun? Check out Camp Woods and Wildlife! Younger students (13-16 year olds), please check out the VA Dept. of Forestry Camp Woods & Wildlife .
Contact ellen.powell@dof.virginia.gov with any CWW questions.
May the forest be with you!
