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SCA is covered in national, regional, and local news publications across the country. Click on the links below to read the latest stories on SCA projects and volunteers. (pdf format)
seattletimes.com
April 24, 2008
thenewstribune.com
February 21, 2008
Jaguar.com
December 12, 2007
NBC Universal Media Village
October 23, 2007
OnMilwaukee.com
September 29, 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer
September 28, 2007
The News Tribune
September 28, 2007
Chronicle of Philanthropy
September 7, 2007
Tallahassee Democrat
September 1, 2007
The News Tribune
August 23, 2007
With park's 9 million yearly visitors, student volunteers provide invaluable upkeep
Knoxville News Sentinel
August 19, 2007
Bellingham Herald
August 12, 2007
YubaNet
August 9, 2007
The Boston Globe
July 29, 2007
Pop City
July 25, 2007
Students Lead Repairs on Storm-Damaged National Park
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
July 25, 2007
Group Improves Path, Builds New Bridge in Saratoga Spa State Park
Albany Times-Union
July 18, 2007
Students Building Bridges on Trails
The Saratogian
July 12, 2007
Over 35 SCA interns pitch in at Saratoga Spa State Park, building trails and bridges and planning Park events, all while gaining hands-on, real-life experiences in the field. Full Story.
Volunteers Follow Conservation Ethic to St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
Sawyer County Record
July 11, 2007
Katie Ledin finds a perfect match in SCA. See how SCA provides opportunities for young people to head outdoors and to give back to their communities. Full Story.
Summer Corps an Entry to Workplace
Program Teaches Teens Stewardship, Leadership, Job Skills
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 7, 2007
Johnson Controls, Inc and SCA attack Milwaukee's staggering jobless rate to provide over 1,300 of the city's youth with work experience. Students like Lorna Sanders, 17, don hard hats and working gloves to perform crucial conservation service in the city's public lands. Full Story.
Leaders of Student Group Learn about Park's Needs
Tacoma News Tribune
July 9, 2007
SCA volunteers step up and head outdoors to help save parts of Mt Rainier National Park suffering from years of damaging rains and harsh winters. Included in the effort is Elizabeth Titus Putnam, founder of SCA, who visited the site to inspire her crew members with her continuing passion to save our Nation's parks. Full Story.
Not your Daddy's Day Camp; Academics, Adventure Sought for Summer
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
July 6, 2007
Summer is here but for many students across the United States the learning doesn't end. Exciting and innovative summer opportunities are sprouting all over the US, including volunteer conservation service with SCA. Full Story.
From Texas to Saguaro National Park
Vail Sun
June 26, 2007
Katy Hooper gets a fresh start with SCA and an internship at Saguaro National Park. Full Story.
Students Work on Conservation at Heard
Star Community Newspapers
June 21, 2007
Twenty Dallas High School students answer the call, rolling up their sleeves to spend six weeks revitalizing the city's parks. Full Story.
Things are Definitely Cacklin'
Bennington Banner
June 15, 2007
In an effort to control invasive plants, SCA interns at Green Mountain National Forest get "cacklin" on devising a plan to rid the BattenKill watershed of invasives. Full Story.
APA Board Presents Guidelines for Controlling Invasive Species
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
June 15, 2007
SCA volunteers perform vital inventory of invasive species for Adirondack Park Agency board, allowing the APA board and the state Department of Environmental Conservation to control terrestrial invasive plant species on Forest Preserve Lands. Full Story.
SCA Graduate Profile: Emma Tome
Novato Advance
June 14, 2007
An inside look at Emma Tome, an SCA alum and recent high-school graduate looking to make a "really powerful presence in the world." Full Story.
Relief Man
After Last Winter's Devastation, Jay Satz is Rallying Volunteers to Rebuild Mount Rainier National Park
Seattle Magazine
June 2007
When Jay A. Satz toured Mount Rainier National Park last December, he barely recognized the landscape he's visited dozens of times.Yet Satz, Vice President of Western Initiatives for the Student Conservation Association (SCA)- a national organization that works closely with the National Park Service- is excited rather than daunted by the prospect of organizaing over 1,000 volunteers, calling it an incredible opportunity that's going to be fun. Full Story.
Wilderness gets a lot more wild
Fort Wayne News Sentinal
May 30, 2007
With massive floods doing $36 million in damage to Mount Rainier's driving and hiking infrastructure, new trail damage is being found as snow continues to melt. "I've never seen this much damage in a national park," said Jill Baum of the Student Conservation Association, who is coordinating volunteer help. "I think we're going to need at least two years before things are back to normal." Full Story
Volunteers Needed to Clean Up Mount Rainier Storm Damage
Seattle Times
May 24, 2007
Trail repairs will soon be a major activity at Mount Rainier National Park, and public help is needed. Outdoors enthusiasts, high-school seniors and others may volunteer to restore storm-wrecked areas at the park during a summer program hosted by the Student Conservation Association. Full Story.
WIth Aid from SCA Interns, Smokies to Rid Areas of Non-native Plants
Knoxville News Sentinal
May 23, 2007
Privet, Multiflora Rose Bushes and Japanese Honeysuckle all have their place in the suburban landscape, but not in the wetlands of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The country's most-visited national park received special funding this year to remove non-native plants from 11 wetlands. Full Story.
Rainier Recovery Gets Hand from Volunteers
Tacoma News Tribune
May 10, 2007
A tidal wave of volunteers will begin pouring into Mount Rainier National Park as the park continues to recover from the November floods. The volunteer effort being coordinated by the Student Conservation Association will start Wednesday as crews flag snowshoe routes in the Paradise area, the first day of a summer-long restoration program at the park. Full Story
SCA. . .Answering the Call to Preserving Our Natural World
Black Outdoorsman Magazine (Publisher's Note)
Spring 2007
Through hands-on-field experiences, SCA members have completed conservation projects across the country with disciplines ranging from archaelology and zoology. Full Story
The Washington Post
April 21, 2007
Involving High School and College Students in Environmental Issues
HealthNewsDigest.com
April 21, 2007
America's youth are taking an increasingly active role in educating their peers about the environment, joining organizations such as the Student Conservation Association to inspire students to protect the environment throughout their lives. Full Story
National Forest Budgets Battered
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
April 20, 2007
National Forests have suffered both the physical and fiscal wraths of budget restrictions stemming from restoring Mount Rainier and other National Parks. Full Story
Mating Rituals of Chickens, Humans are Similar
Victoria Advocate
April 15, 2007
With a mating style comparable to that of your average college undergraduate, the Attwater Prairie Chicken has left quite an impression on the Student Conservation Association interns of the Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge.Full Story
Youth Jobs Program to Promote "Green City"
40 Baltimore Students will spend Summer on Conservation Projects
The Baltimore Sun
April 11, 2007
With visions of a "Cleaner and Greener" Baltimore, Mayor Sheila Dixon announced yesterday the launch of Baltimore's Conservation Leadership Corps, an environmental conservation summer job program for high school students. Full Story.
Student Group Set to make Baltimore "Greener and Cleaner"
Baltimore Examiner
April 11, 2007
City youth looking for a challenge might want to answer the call of Mayor Sheila Dixon’s Conservation Leadership Corps, an SCA-managed seven-week summer program designed to help students learn about and improve the environment.Story
Backpacker Magazine
May 2007
The Fayette Tribune
April 9, 2007
Teen Volunteering's Class Gap
The Wall Street Journal
April 6, 2007
While the overall number of teen volunteers has doubled over the past two decades, SCA and other non profit organizations are working to close the wealth-based 'class gap' among volunteersFull Story
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
April 5, 2007
Yakima Herald Republic
April 5, 2007
Daily Free Press
April 2, 2007
Desert Restoration
Department of the Interior U.S. - Mexico Border Field Coordinating Committee Newsletter, March 6, 2007 Full Story
Seattle Times
March 1, 2007
Answering the Call: Asian American Youth Get Real, Give Back With SCA
Asian Week
February 23, 2007
With its steadfast commitment to diversity, the Student Conservation Association allows Asian American youth to better connect with nature while promoting a unique, hands-on perspective to an underexposed field - not to mention presenting new career options that may never have been considered. Full Story
Rainier, Olympic Parks get Damage-Repair Cash
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
January 17, 2007
Mount Rainier and Olympic National Parks have been given $18 million by the National Park Service to rebuilding after one of the most damaging winter seasons on record. To help with the unprecedented amount of trails and campground damage, Rainier Superintendent Dave Uberuaga made the Student Conservation Association the official park coordinator of all volunteer flood recovery efforts. Full Story
SCA Teens Pitch in at Bay Area Public Garden
Inside Bay Area
January 16, 2007
Celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King wasn't a day off for Bay Area high schoolers as local teens joined forces with the Alameda Point Collaborative's Growing Youth Project for a full day of service. Full Story
Redwood Currents Resource Management and Science Newsletter
January 2007
Bridges and Belles: Adventures on the Florida Trail
TBO.com Blog
January 9, 2007
Described as "the best of their generation," TBO.com Blogger Mike DeWitt reflects on his experience with an SCA Backcountry Crew while visiting Apalachicola National Forest. Full Story
Ceremony Honors SCA Founder
Eagle Times
October 21, 2006
Wiping tears from her eyes and stressing the message of environmental conservation and personal development, Elizabeth Titus Putnam, whose college thesis suggested using student volunteers to maintain national parks -- later realized in the form of the Student Conservation Association -- accepted praise and celebration of her dream during SCA's 50th Anniversary celebration. Full Story
Stonecraft a Found Art in the Sierra
Trailwork Skills Take Hold in the Wilderness
San Francisco Chronicle
October 5, 2006
High mountain trails can bring you to mind-bending natural grandeur. However, organized groups such as the Student Conservation Association are the actual trail-builders that ponder the places where you, and horses and pack mules, place feet, keeping hikers from tripping, wrenching a knee, or twisting an ankle -- then being forced to limp out of Eden. Full Story
Agoura High Grad Finds Park Work a 'Necessity'
The Acorn
September 21, 2006
America's national parks bring history to life, but sometimes it's hard for parents to get their children excited when the subject of history comes up. Agoura Hills resident Sophia Kovanis, an intern with the Student Conservation Association, is an exception. Full Story
A Thorough Cleaning for Mount Loretto Waterfront
Staten Island Advance
September 14, 2006
Driftwood piles, milk crates, styrofoam and a bowling pin represent only some of the junk pulled from a 20-acre waterfrom portion of the Mount Loretto Unique Area by a group of Student Conservation Association interns and other volunteers. Full Story
SCA Volunteers Come to Aid of Parks Hurt by Cutbacks
The New York Times
September 10, 2006
Ever wonder who builds the stairs on hiking trails deep in the woods? Along the Appalachian Trail near the Connecticut border there this summer, the credit went to a group of young volunteers who spent four weeks turning stray rocks in to staircases. Full Story
Where the Wild Things Are
Journal Newspapers
September 5, 2006
In conjuction with SCA and the parks department, the North Cascades Institute has established a summer program for 40 urban Seattle high school students, many of whom had never been in the mountains, paddled a canoe, camped or learned how to swim Full Story
Getting Kids Excited About History
Tribune Review
September 3, 2006
Sophia Kovanis, an intern with the Student Conservation Association, is working with rangers at Fort Necessity National Battlefield to get schoolchildren ages 6 to 12 certified as junior rangers. Full Story
Young Volunteers from Around the Country Study What Would Happen if Blaze Ignited on Reservation
Shawano Leader
August 29, 2006
A group of college graduates have moved into Shawano from around the country, volunteering for the Student Conservation Association Full Story
Giving Back To Get Ahead
Volunteers Follow Conservation Ethic
Mammoth Times
August 25, 2006
The Great Outdoors has always lured people for a variety of reasons. But more and more young people like Rachael Kerwin and Deven Young, interns with the Student Conservation Association, want to give back to the environment while exploring possible careers in conservation. Full Story
Kiddush in the Wilds
New 'Kosher Crew' Mixes Ecology, Faith
Washington Jewish Week
August 10, 2006
This summer, six teen volunteers are pioneering the first "Kosher Crew" for the Student Conservation Association, which sends upward of 3,100 teen volunteers each summer to do ecological upkeep at national areas across the nation. Full Story
Ribbon-cutting Opens up Whiskeytown Falls to the Public
The Redding Record Searchlight
August 4, 2006
With help from SCA volunteers, the public can now ramble unescorted along the James K. Carr Trail to Whiskeytown Falls for the first time since its rediscovery over two years ago. Full Story
Student Association and Honda Put "Conservation in Motion"
GreenBiz.com
August 3, 2006
SCA and Honda Motor Co. join forces to launch "Conservation in Motion," a strategic partnership targeting the nations most urgent conservation issues. Full Story
Student Monitoring Wildlife in New York
Daily Press
August 3, 2006
SCA intern Jennifer Bowman, to work protecting and monitoring the federally-listed piping plover and seabeach amaranth and the New York State-listed least tern. Full Story
Area High Schoolers Concentrate on Conservation
The DC Examiner
July 29, 2006
Fifty-four area high school students spent their last six weeks working on local conservation projects and learning about the environment as part of the Capital High School Urban Conservation Service Program, run by the Student Conservation Association. Full Story
Student Conservation Members Help Improve Parks
Members of the Student Conservation Association Work to make Fort Washington Park more Visitor-Friendly
The Prince George's County Gazette
July 20, 2006
For seven years running, students ages 15-18 representing the Student Conservation Association have worked on various projects within and around Fort Washington Park. Full Story
Rebuilding a Worn Path
Student SCA Members Chip In To Fix Park's Trail
The Daily News Record
July 19, 2006
Eight members of SCA converge on Shenandoah National Park to rebuild the Lower Hawksbill Trail. Full Story
ExxonMobil Green Team Spruces Up Arboretum, Memorial Park
HISD Connect
July 28, 2006
The ExxonMobil Foundation partners with SCA for the 11th year on the ExxonMobil GreenTeam Project, fielding Houston Independent School District high-school students in Houston parks to engage in outdoor conservation service projects. Full Story
Green Team on the Job
Houston Chronicle
July 18, 2006
SCA High schoolers put backs into refurbishing trails, building rails and clearing unwanted plants throughout Memorial Park and the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. Full Story
Students Lend a Hand
Houston Chronicle
July 18, 2006
While many high school students are lifeguarding at the pool, working in air-conditioned malls and offices or just sleeping this summer, a small group of SCA crew members are toiling in the outdoors to improve two major Houston landmarks -- and they're having fun doing it.
Full Story
Fires vs. Homes: Volunteers Aim To Tilt Odds Toward Homes
Yakima Herald Republic
July 17, 2006
Hoping to reduce threats of wildfires to residents on the Yakima Reservation, SCA volunteers will begin surveying homes while creating fire prevention plans. Full Story
Teens Volunteer Free Time to Touch Up Monument Trail
Macon Telegraph
July 6, 2006
SCA volunteers have spent much of their summer giving the river trail at Ocmulgee National Monument a makeover, previously closed since 1994. Park Superintendent Jim David says the trail will be re-opened early this fall, thanks to the group's efforts. Full Story
Shaftsbury's Putnam continues to inspire student conservationists
Bennington Banner
July 1, 2006
Local reporter interviews SCA's founder Elizabeth Titus Putnam in her home, getting an up-close look at an inspiring woman and the organization she founded. Full Story
Jobs are elusive for teens who need them most
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
June 27, 2006
SCA teams up with Johnson Controls and the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County (PIC) to engage city high school students in work focused on environmental stewardship and conservation. Full Story
Spending the Summer Reaching Out to Nature
The Dallas Morning News
June 27, 2006
A dozen Dallas-area teens are venturing far from home to to get closer to nature as part of an SCA volunteer crew. Full Story
Volunteers Spruce Up Historic Hopewell
The Southern Berks News
June 22, 2006
Using brooms, rakes and shovels, more than 40 people volunteered both their time and muscles to clean up Elverson's Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. Full Story
Pros and Conservation: Oak Cliff, Dallas Students Start Conservation Project at Heard
Star Community Newspapers
June 21, 2006
Twelve Inner-city high school students are getting a taste of the outdoors as part of a summer conservation program with the SCA. Full Story
Healing Desert's Wounds
Los Angeles Times
June 7, 2006
SCA activists camp in the Mojave for months as they work to restore the land that has been trashed by garbage, off-roaders and graffiti vandals. Full Story.
Take a Hike: SCA Volunteers Repair State Park Trail
Daily Hampshire Gazette
June 1, 2006
For the 10,000 visitors to Skinner State Park's Summit House, traveling the steep Half Way Trail had become an arduous task. Coming to the rescue were SCA volunteers, significantly lightening the hiker's load by repairing the trail and adding a new retaining wall. Full Story.
SCA Crew Member Looking Forward to "Real Outdoor Stuff"
Grand Rapids Press
June 1, 2006
This summer will be like no other for 15 year old Kristen Karasiewicz as she and eight other high school students embark upon an outdoor experience to remember. Full Story.
Cutbacks Squeeze National Parks
San Francisco Chronicle
May 1, 2006
With recent government cuts restricting both the budgetary and programmatic capabilities of our nation's parks, volunteer organizations such as SCA are more critical than ever to sustaining the public services land management agencies may have otherwise been unable to undertake. Full Story
Green Teens: High School Conservation Program Provides Summer Employment, Education
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
April 27, 2006
SCA, Johnson Controls and the Private Industry Council have joined forces to launch Milwaukee's Conservation Leadership Corps, designed to promote youth development, environmental education and paid summer employment for local high school students. Full Story
All Hands: SCA to Clean up New Hampshire State Parks
Nasuha Telegraph
April 18, 2006
SCA issues call to action with civic volunteer groups to spearhead statewide park clean-up program. Full Story
Not the Average Bear: Techs Aim to Tame Bear Enthusiasm for Human Food
Fresno Bee
April 15, 2006
As visitors flock to Sequoia National Park, SCA interns are on board as part of the park's Bear Management Program, assisting with everything from picnic locales to bear cubs. Full Story
Alien Invasion at White Sands
Daily News
April 9, 2006
The Chihuahuan Desert Southern Shortgrass Prairie Exotic Plant Management Team, staffed by SCA Interns, takes on invasives. Full Story
SCA Doing its Part to Expose Minorities to the Outdoors
USA Today
March 20, 2006
SCA and the Wilderness Society are opening doors for people of color to move from industry outsiders to the literal caretakers of our nation's parks and natural resources. Full Story
College grad has goals in sight
Daily American
October 8, 2005
Personal and professional goals merge in Adam Shaffer's SCA internship at the Flight 93 Memorial. Full Story
Yosemite Ma'am Rochester High alumna had a fun summer working at national park
Rochester Eccentric
September 1, 2005
From bear management to interpretive programs, SCA intern experiences Yosemite to the fullest. Full Story
BLM program puts away native seeds for a rainy day
The Denver Post
August 28, 2005
SCA interns hike into the backcountry to capture native seeds for the Millennuim Seed Bank. Full Story
Parkway Gets a Push with Help from Student Conservationists
The Mountain Times
August 18, 2005
SCA high school crew forges trails along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Full Story
Young man goes west to help build new trails
Bennington Banner
August 18, 2005
"Staying outdoors for so long quickly turns into one of the more liberating experiences a person can have," says Matt Young, an SCA crew member recently returned from Glacier National Park. Full Story
Student conservation group puts down roots
Program based in state for 25 years
Concord Monitor
August 13, 2005
Armed with the promise of a federal grant and the town's approval of its site plan, SCA is preparing to try to raise $800,000 to convert a storage barn into a full-fledged conference center with classroom and meeting space. Full Story
Weed Whackers
Troublesome plants get the boot
The Skagit Valley Herald
August 11, 2005
It's not your run-of-the-mill weeding project when ropes, hard hats, harnesses, ascenders, carabiners and a belay system are necessary for you to get your flowering quarry. Full Story
Students help turn back aliens
The Free Lance-Star
August 4, 2005
"It's often arduous, back-breaking work, but the alternative is surrendering entire ecosystems." Full Story
Trail Blazers
College volunteers build path between Hinsdale, Dalton
Berkshire Eagle
August 4, 2005
This year marks the third time that interns from SCA have come to the Berkshires...camping along the Housatonic River and working on a foot path between Dalton and Hinsdale. Full Story
Traditional trail blazers
In wilderness areas, crews must maintain trails the old-fashioned way
Fresno Bee
August 3, 2005
SCA interns work long days on the Pacific Coast Trail using the kinds of tools "they built the pyramids with." Full Story
'City slickers' get summer of rural life in Greene
Observer-Reporter
August 2, 2005
SCA high school crew learns innovative, environmentally sound farming techniques in rural Pennsylvania. Full Story
Teens donate time to Mother Nature
SCA groups work in the wild
Concord Monitor
July 31, 2005
Forget the cell phones, iPods and luxury of indoor plumbing...Who says today's youth are always in front of a computer screen? Full Story
Editorial: Exchanging labor for experience
The Daily Journal
July 15, 2005
"Clearly everyone benefits." Editorial explores the SCA advantage for parks, visitors, and SCA members. Full Story
Mail call good, but astor leaves, not great
The Daily Journal
July 15, 2005
SCA high school crew in Voyageurs National Park "play a key role in getting things done.." Full Story
Students working to improve road landscapes
Laconia Citizen
July 15, 2005
Six high school students from all across the country and Canada are in the midst of a project to beautify New Hampshire's roadsides. Full Story
Happy Trails for young volunteers in Rincons
Tucson Citizen
July 9, 2005
It's not summer camp and it's not anything like hanging out at the mall. SCA high school crew enjoys hard work and sense of accomplishment. Full Story
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