The Columbia Press
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March 5, 2021
Upcoming events
Getting down to beaver business
Jakob Shockey believes
in partnering with the bea-
vers.
He’s the featured speak-
er at this month’s Nature
Matters lecture, set for 7
p.m. Thursday, March 11.
Nature Matters is spon-
sored by Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park
in partnership with North
Coast Watershed Associa-
tion, the national park as-
sociation and Fort George
Brewery.
Shockey has been work-
ing professionally in Ore-
gon’s streams, rivers, and
wetlands for eight years.
He is cofounder and execu-
tive director of The Beaver
Coalition, an organization
working to empower hu-
mans to partner with the
beaver through education,
science, advocacy, and pro-
cess-based restoration.
Previously, he worked for
the Washington state De-
partment of Fish and Wild-
life, the Bureau of Land
Management and the Apple-
gate Partnership.
Shockey grew up on a
farm in Oregon’s Siskiyou
Mountains. He owns Beaver
State Wildlife Solutions, a
company that specializes in
addressing frustrating con-
flicts with wildlife in a new
way. He also has published Jakob Shockey in prime beaver
research on the endangered habitat and a photo he took of
pygmy three-toed sloth of one (below).
Panama.
The talk is free and will be
held online via Facebook
Live on Fort George Brew-
ery’s Facebook page.
For more information, call
the park at 503-861-2471.
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Teens from past seasons of the Youth Conservation Corps.
Teens sought for work program
Lewis and Clark Nation-
al Historical Park is recruit-
ing residents to participate in
the 2021 Youth Conservation
Corps.
The nonresidential work-
based education program is
for young people who’d like to
work, learn, play and serve in
a national park during tourism
season.
The eight-week season runs
July 6 to Aug. 23.
All social, economic, ethnic,
and racial backgrounds are
encouraged to apply for the
program. No previous wilder-
ness experience is required,
although applicants should
have a positive attitude, a
willingness and ability to
work in a physically active
outdoor program, and get
along well with others.
The pay is minimum wage
and candidates must be ages
15 to 19.
The Youth Conservation
Corps is designed to help par-
ticipants develop an appreci-
ation for natural resources
and heritage through unique
educational,
recreational,
and work experiences.
Corps members work to-
gether with National Park
Service staff to complete con-
servation projects such as trail
rehabilitation, campground
restoration, and a wide vari-
ety of resource management,
visitor support services, and
maintenance projects.
Corps members also par-
ticipate in a work-and-learn
camping event, recreational
activities and discover var-
ious National Park Service
careers.
Applications are available
in the Fort Clatsop Visitor
Center or online at nps.gov/
lewi/getinvolved and click on
the “work with us” link. Com-
pleted applications must be
received by the park by April
12. For more information,
call 503-861-4410.
The program is funded by
park entrance fees.