Scholarship offered for leadership school
The Greene County Conservation District is offering one full scholarship to the 2015 Conservation Leadership School that will be held during two sessions this summer at Stone Valley Recreation Area in Huntingdon County.
Penn State University’s School of Forest Resources hosts the Conservation Leadership School and is a one-week residential program for highschool students interested in learning more about the environment through exploration of natural habitats and hands-on educational and recreational activities. This year’s session will focus on technology and its impact on the natural environment.
The winning student can choose which session to attend, either June 21 to 27 or July 5 to 11. Students will spend one week in an outdoor classroom exploring forests, fields, streams and lakes, and will have the opportunity to go canoeing, hiking, bird-watching and fishing, among other recreational activities.
Subjects also include aquatic habitat enhancement, home water analysis, hunter-trapper education, team-building, and green initiatives, recycling and composting. The cost is $525, but Alpha Natural Resources is providing the sponsorship for the scholarship.
The Conservation District’s scholarship is open to all Greene County students ages 14 to 18 who have completed at least their freshman year of high school and who are interested in the environment. To apply for the scholarship, students, must submit a typed essay of 500 to 1,000 words in length. The essay should briefly detail the student’s background and explain why he or she would be the best recipient of the scholarship and how attending the Conservation Leadership School would benefit the student’s future plans.
All essays should include a name, address and phone number. Deadline is June 1.
Essays may be mailed to the Greene County Conservation District at 19 S. Washington St., Fort Jackson Building Suite 150, Waynesburg, PA 15370. Essays may also be faxed to 724-852-5341 or emailed to Jared Zinn at jzinn@co.greene.pa.us. The subject line should read “Conservation Leadership.”
For more information, call 724-852-5278.