On Ramp Forestry Training Camp
The On Ramp Camp will provide hands on experiences for youth ages 16-24 as they explore careers in natural resources.
Would you like to connect with employers from the forest service, BLM, Grayback Forestry and Lomakatsi and learn about job openings now and in the summer?
Would you like to learn about the next steps/certifications in advancing a career in Natural Resources?
If your answers to the above questions are yes, we’d love to have you attend this camp.
We learn:
Would you like to learn about the next steps/certifications in advancing a career in Natural Resources?
If your answers to the above questions are yes, we’d love to have you attend this camp.
We learn:
- How to assess water quality in a pond and a creek
- How to conduct a tree core sample and calculate the value of a tree
- How to restore fish habitat and evaluate water use challenges
- How to restore stream banks through planting native species and removing invasive species
- To understand Indigenous People’s approach to land management
- How ecological restoration is conducted using traditional knowledge
- How to read topographic maps and use GPS
- To understand the Fire Triangle
- To use firefighting tools including infrared drones
- How to build a fire line and conduct a controlled burn
- How to make biochar from slash piles
- and more!
You will need to wear long pants and shirt appropriate for work in the forest. Masks will be required.
Our first On Ramp camp was held March 22nd-26th to tremendous success. Pictures below!
