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With spring break in full swing, the seventh year of the National Park Service Academy brought 24 interns to Grand Teton National Park to begin their journey of stewardship in the National Park Service.
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Katie Jo Tilton spent two summers with the Youth Conservation Program where she found inspiration to pursue a career in conservation. Now a college graduate with a degree in forestry, she reflects on her summers in Grand Teton National Park.
Raised in south central Los Angeles, Shaqeal Alkebu-Lan, aka Shaq, had never been exposed to the National Park Service. Now he calls Grand Teton his summer home.
Now in its second decade, YCP continues to have a tremendous impact on both participants and GTNP. Watch our latest video to discover how the program influences YCP members.
Alfonso Orozco and CJ Goulding are alums of the Foundation funded, National Park Service Academy. Find out how the program impacted their lives and what they are doing today.
The 2016 YCP crew just finished their summer of work, but their impact on Grand Teton will be enjoyed and appreciated by park visitors well into the future. YCP’s 21 crew members spent 10 weeks working in Grand Teton, and each hiked 42,865 vertical feet and walked 213 miles.
Nina Lagpacan just finished her 10-week internship with the NPS Academy in Grand Teton National Park. Her summer was rich with focus on projects ranging from creating physical map products, modeling stream flow, and monitoring glaciers.
YPC 2016 has come to a close. A terrific crew of teenagers and team leaders had the summer of a lifetime with ten weeks of hard work, blisters, tremendous accomplishments, and comraderie.
It is hard to believe that there is only one week left of the YCP season! This week the crew completed trail maintenance in Garnet Canyon, finished work on the Lucas Fabian Homestead, and learned about edible and medicinal plants.
This week, the YCP camped in the Lower Berry backcountry. Highlights of the week included learning about the area fire from firefighters, finding thimbleberries and huckleberries, watching peregrine falcons fight, learning how to fly fish, and playing hackie sack in the evenings.