2024 Youth Conservation Camp on the campus of Virginia Tech
Sunday, July 14 – Saturday, July 20, 2024
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! Download an application here.
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.
See highlights of the 2019 YCC camp here -> 2019-Youth-Conservation-Camp-Annual-Report
Questions and completed applications can be sent to Jennifer Venable at jennifer.venable@lswcd.org.
Younger students (13-16 year olds), please check out the VA Dept. of Forestry Camp Woods & Wildlife .