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Range Camp
Apply Now For Range Camp
Applications are now being accepted from high school students to attend the Nevada Youth Range camp to be held June 15-21 at the U.S. Forest Service’s Big Creek Campground in central Nevada. Applications must be post marked by April 28.

Range Camp is a teenager’s best opportunity to learn about Nevada’s desert and mountain rangelands. Range camp is for 14-18 year olds. Campers will have the opportunity to learn from range management professionals who are knowledgeable in the ecology and management of the Great Basin’s desert and mountain rangelands. Students learn basic surveying and map reading, identification and importance of rangeland plants, evaluation of sagebrush and woodland ecosystems, wildlife surveying techniques, evaluation of stream health, and many other topics related to range lands.

Forms and information can be found on the Nevada Youth Range Camp web site at http://www.ag.unr.edu/nsrm/camp.html

Forms also can be picked up at LCD office at 111 Sheckler Rd, Fallon, NV 89406

Joann Hanks (775) 423-5124 ext 101