Posted 11:51 pm Thursday, February 02, 2012
Brigades Taking Applications
Applications are being accepted for Texas AgriLife Extension Service’s Texas Brigades wildlife youth camps.
This will be the 20th year of the program that teaches conservation and leadership skills.
Started in 1993, the intensive five-day educational format has steadily grown and now includes six camps, each centered around a single wildlife species.
Dr. Dale Rollins, AgriLife Extension wildlife specialist at San Angelo, said since the beginning, the Texas Brigades’ mission has been to educate and empower youths with leadership skills and knowledge in wildlife, fisheries and land stewardship to become conservation ambassadors for a sustained natural resource legacy.
This will be the 20th year of the program that teaches conservation and leadership skills.
Started in 1993, the intensive five-day educational format has steadily grown and now includes six camps, each centered around a single wildlife species.
Dr. Dale Rollins, AgriLife Extension wildlife specialist at San Angelo, said since the beginning, the Texas Brigades’ mission has been to educate and empower youths with leadership skills and knowledge in wildlife, fisheries and land stewardship to become conservation ambassadors for a sustained natural resource legacy.
Each camp is limited to 20-30 high school youth ages 13-17.
The camp dates and locations are: South Texas Buckskin Brigade, June 3-7, Southern Star Ranch, Uvalde; Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade, June 16-20, Centennial Lodge, Coleman; South Texas Bobwhite Brigade, June 24-28, 74 Ranch, Campbellton; Bass Brigade, July 9-13, Warren Ranch, Santa Anna; North Texas Buckskin Brigade, July 15-19, Stasney’s Cook Ranch, Albany; Waterfowl Brigade, July 22-26, BigWoods on the Trinity, Tennessee Colony.
Tuition is $400 per cadet per camp, but Rollins said sponsors are available to provide financial aid to those who qualify.
Registration ends March 15.
Applications may be completed online or downloaded at http://www.texasbrigades.org .
For more information, contact Helen Holdsworth, Texas Brigades executive director, hholdsworth@texas-wildlife.org or Kassi Scheffer, Texas Brigades program coordinator at kscheffer@texas-wildlife.org or 855-TX BRIGS or 210-556-1391.
The camp dates and locations are: South Texas Buckskin Brigade, June 3-7, Southern Star Ranch, Uvalde; Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade, June 16-20, Centennial Lodge, Coleman; South Texas Bobwhite Brigade, June 24-28, 74 Ranch, Campbellton; Bass Brigade, July 9-13, Warren Ranch, Santa Anna; North Texas Buckskin Brigade, July 15-19, Stasney’s Cook Ranch, Albany; Waterfowl Brigade, July 22-26, BigWoods on the Trinity, Tennessee Colony.
Tuition is $400 per cadet per camp, but Rollins said sponsors are available to provide financial aid to those who qualify.
Registration ends March 15.
Applications may be completed online or downloaded at http://www.texasbrigades.org .
For more information, contact Helen Holdsworth, Texas Brigades executive director, hholdsworth@texas-wildlife.org or Kassi Scheffer, Texas Brigades program coordinator at kscheffer@texas-wildlife.org or 855-TX BRIGS or 210-556-1391.
