Secretary of the Interior Salazar has launched a bold initiative, the 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps, to provide youth with direct experience of nature and introduce them to careers in conservation.
The purpose of this pilot project is to advance the initiative's aim by training and empowering youth to engage children and youth visitors in National Wildlife Refuges and other public lands through play in nature. By training and supporting youth to develop programming to engage visitors in nature through play we can build the next generation of natural resource stewards.
Activities were conducted at the future site of the National Wildlife Refuge's Coastal NC Gateway Visitor's Center, Manteo, North Carolina, June 6th - 24th, 2011.
