August I, 2012
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Mt. Hood Community College students work on a salmon habitat restoration project in conjunction with the Sandy River Basin Watershed Council.
Hands-On
Experience
Summer jobs
support careers in
natural resources
Mt. Hood Community College was recently
chosen to receive a National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation grant to provide summer jobs for
young people with the goal of training the next
generation of natural resource professionals.
The grant was formed in response to Presi
dent Barack Obama's call to increase summer
employment for youth. Nationwide, 20 pro
grams received the grant out of 300 applica
tions.
The Youth Employability Support Services
team at MHCC is the group responsible for
carrying out the program and will identify at-
risk and low-income youth to participate.
The students will work closely with the
Bureau of Land Management, the Nature
Conservancy, and other organizations and
agencies to build trails, maintain parks, assist
professionals with salmon restoration and
perform many other functions aimed at restor
ing and preserving wildlife habitat and out
door opportunities for people.
Ivan Castillo has a close-up encounter
with an eight-legged variety o f nature.
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