The first rule of Conservation Leadership School is that students
are given first-hand experience in everything they learn about…
from wildlife management to sustainable forestry to dealing
with boys. The overnight camp for teens gives young people a
great chance to explore environmental science fields, developing
critical thinking and scientific research skills, while having
a great time with their peers.
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Information
 Conservation
Leadership School
Learn more about CLS and it’s policy of “learning
by doing.” Environmental
Summer Camps
Explore the environmental camp philosophy in a report from
GreenWorks Radio.
The
Environmental University
Discover the great diversity that exists in the world of environmental
sciences.
Follow the links below to learn more about the campers
Teens Find Themselves
If a Kid Learns
in the Forest, Does It Make an Impact
A Dip in
the Watershed
"I enjoy this. I learn
better out here than I do in the classroom,
and I think most of the other people do, too."
 The
Conservation Leadership School’s courses in navigation
may have taught students more than they bargained for. Not only
did they get to try their hands at space-aged navigational technologies,
they were forced to navigate the tricky terrain of working in
teams with people you’ve just met. Some found navigating
individually with old-fashioned compasses was actually easier
than trying to learn complicated Global Positioning System equipment
in just a few hours. But all the students learned to pull together,
and to have a good time.
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"I learned that it's
not really going to, like, kill the world if we cut down some
trees.
So long as it's not clear cutting, or cut too quickly for
the trees to be replaced"
 Forestry
is the art and science of managing forests from a variety of
different perspectives: wildlife preservation, sustainable timber
harvest, recreation and aesthetics. At the Conservation Leadership
School, campers got the opportunity to develop their own first-hand
perspectives of the field. In doing so, they gained real world
experience that will help them make career and consumer decisions
that will affect them, their communities and our environment
forever.
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“For the most part,
the quality of the water was very good up in the mountains.
But as we got downstream, the quality got worse… I never really
thought about
water that way. I just thought of it as water. ”
 By
comparing the quality of water and variety of life in a single
river both upstream and down, students were able to actually
see, hear, touch, smell and taste the impact that modern agricultural,
housing and industrial practices have on the water. These experiments
not only taught them technical skills, they opened their minds
to the environmental importance of ordinary decisions most of
us make on a daily basis.
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