Youth Conservation Camp
47th Annual Youth Conservation Camp
Sunday, July 13 – Saturday, July 19, 2025
Deadline to apply: April 5
Location
Virginia Tech Campus
Blacksburg, Virginia
Eligibility
Open to all Virginia high school students currently enrolled in grades 9–12 in 2024.
Cost
$550* registration fee
*Scholarship opportunities are available through your district.
For additional information please contact Amanda Whispell at Amanda.Whispell@ColonialSWCD.org or call 757-778-5348.
For resources and information:
What is Youth Conservation Camp?
For over 40 years, the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts has sponsored a week long summer conservation camp for Virginia high school students (currently enrolled in grades 9th-12th) on the Virginia Tech campus. The program brings together about 70 interested students for a week of learning about Virginia’s natural resources from conservation professionals and faculty from Virginia Tech. Most of the instruction is hands-on and outdoors.
Parents, guardians, and districts are invited to attend the closing program on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
Photographs © Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District
2024 Camp Woods and Wildlife
June 17 – 21, 2024
Applications are open through April 15
For additional information please contact Sheila Jaruseski at Sheila.Jaruseski@colonialswcd.org or call 757-645-4895.
For Resources and Information:
https://dof.virginia.gov/education-and-recreation/youth-education/camp-woods-wildlife/
Virginia Dominion Energy Envirothon 2024
The 2024 Program Current Issue Topic is
“Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future”
For additional information please contact Sheila Jaruseski at Sheila.Jaruseski@colonialswcd.org or call 757-645-4895.
For Resources and Information for Envirothon: