4-H is all about developing youth leadership through hands-on learning and community service. So when 4-H leaders heard that the U.S. Forest Service was looking to provide opportunities for youth, it only seemed natural to ask: Why not have youth take leadership in helping maintain the health of our unique Olympic National Forest while getting some fresh air and exercise themselves?
And so a new partnership was formed between 4-H youth and the USFS.
The 4-H Stewardship Program hires:
- 12 area teens, ages 14-18 each fall and spring
- To work six "saturdays on the ground" to help clean, replant, and reinvigorate our local public forest lands and riparian zones.
They will be led in this effort by our experienced 4-H crew chiefs, Andi Niesen and Marcelle Thimgin.(Quilcene youth work Quilcene Ranger Corps in the summers.)
Planned activities include:
- Campground restoration
- Watershed cleanup day
- Elk forage restoration
- Trail building
- and more!
If you or someone you know is interested in joining the 4-H Stewardship Program, have them write to Sue Hay, 4-H Coordinator, at shay@jefferson.wsu.edu (this is the best way to contact her ) or you can call her at 360-379-5610 ext 208