An interactive journal for SCA Alumni and Friends, December 2008
Wondering what SCA was up to this year? Watch our new video. Then read on to learn how other members feel about their hands-on service through SCA. And don't forget to vote for your favorite photo in the SCA Photo Contest. If you liked our interactive Holiday Card, please send it on to your friends. As always, we welcome your feedback. Please click here to update your contact information or subscribe to Hands On — Deb Keller, SCA's Electronic Communications Coordinator
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 by Rachel Driver, ’03, ’05
In 1973, Jim Colbert boarded a cross-country Greyhound bus to Denver, embarking upon his idea of a fun and interesting summer spent camping in the wilderness. Little did he realize that it would ultimately lead him to where he is today – an Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Iowa State University and Admiral of the “Skunk River Navy.”
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 In tribute to their 50-year partnership, SCA and the National Park Service recently co-hosted an exclusive luncheon on the rooftop of the Department of Interior building in Washington, DC. The event included special recognition for those alumni who followed their SCA experience by choosing a career in one of the federal land management agencies.
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SCA/Mazda Conservation in Action Contest
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In honor of SCA Founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam and SCA’s 50th Anniversary, SCA is pleased to announce our SCA/Mazda Conservation in Action Multi-Media Contest. SCA recognizes the power of a good idea, and if there was ever a time
when good ideas are needed, it’s now. So we're asking you for your
ideas and solutions. |
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Monsters of Rock Trail Skills Workshop
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 Do you miss getting down & dirty with SCA? Looking for a chance to brush up on your trail building skills? Then join the 3rd annual Monsters of Rock Traditional Trail Skills Workshop on the Pacific Crest Trail in the Sierra National Forest, CA.
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 Did you get your hands dirty on Earth Day? Do you have the pictures to prove it? You can view photos of SCA Earth Day projects on SCA’s Flickr Earth Day Group. Or post your own and you may be a winner! We’re planning to publish the five top pictures on SCA’s website, with credits, and the winners will get SCA swag with our new logo. |
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Don’t miss SCA’s alumni gathering at Mt. Diablo State Park on May 12. It’s a chance to do some trail work and connect with some of the over 1,000 SCA alumni in the California Bay Area.
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 Or, in this case, 8 words! A lot of you jumped in with interesting captions for our bear photo. It took quite a bit of deliberation, but we've finally chosen a winner:
"Wait a second, I didn't get your name! -- John Gladstone |
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by Laura Kuczera, ’05
 Exciting tales of frontiersmen and pioneers are frequently told and
retold, offering glimpses into a world that we have never seen and can
never really understand. These stories come from a world lost, where
the natural world was primitive and untamed, where maps were being
written, and where it could take an entire day to journey just 6
miles. It seems that there is no piece of our world that has not been
touched by a human hand, or seen with our eyes. Pioneering now lies
within realms we have already discovered. Or does it? |
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