Young Women’s Natural Resources Career Camp set

Discover Your Forest and the Deschutes National Forest are seeking applicants for the Young Women’s Natural Resource Career Camp, which will be held June 27 -29..

Young women from around Central Oregon in grades 9-12 are invited to apply for the camp, which is hosted on the Deschutes National Forest as a three day, two-night campout. During the camp, female members of the Forest Service and Discover Your Forest will supervise and mentor the young women as they learn about a variety of careers including wildlife biology, engineering, botany, archaeology and fire.

To register or get more information, contact the Forest Service (541) 383‐4771 or email Karen Gentry, Discover Your Forest Education Program Director at kwgentry@fs.fed.us . Interested applicants can also apply at www.discoveryourforest.org . Applications are due by June 12 .

The camp is provided free of charge to young women from Central Oregon through the combined efforts of Discover Your Forest and female employees of the Deschutes National Forest. Transportation can be provided to and from communities in Central Oregon where participants live and all meals and sleeping quarters will be provided as well.