Six crew members from Jacksonville area high schools including Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Stanton High School, and Robert E. Lee high school worked through Florida’s summer humidity and mosquitoes as they participated in SCA’s Summer Jacksonville High School Program. The program provides students with the opportunity to better their communities through conservation projects and learn countless practical skills.

In 2006, six high school students from across the country spent the month of June working in Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in Jacksonville to repair damage caused by recent hurricanes in the area.  They cleared and repaired fence lines, managed dense overgrowth, and removed downed trees in sections of the park that had been heavily impacted.  This crew was the first for SCA in Florida in many years, and blazed a trail for many future crews to come.