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Show YCC sign-up starts for summer work ionizations will be accepted through ufrrh 15, for approximately 872 posi-, posi-, with the Youth Conservation ms (YCC) in Utah this summer. This program is operated by several n S Department of the Interior agen-the agen-the U S. Forest Service, and the Uh Department of Natural Resources. Applicants must be Utah residents ffbo are 15 through 18 years of age. youths may apply for positions at -sidential camps with accommoda-rTns accommoda-rTns ranging from tents to dormitories I non-residential camps. However, to he eligible for a non-residential camp, Z applicant must reside within designated commuting distances which are defined by zip codes. participants in the YCC will work on such projects as campground maintenance and construction, development and maintenance of ..mi trails, interpretive areas and quarry visitor's gallery; and recently authored and fabricated a 44-page notebook that features the development of the Quarry and the Jurassic-age dinosaurs that roamed the land 140 million years ago. Of Linda's work, her supervisor Lynn Loetterle said, "The visitor to Dinosaur is the ultimate winner because of her; literally tens of thousands of park visitors have benefited because of Linda's talented and creative work." West has been employed on a less than full time basis at Dinosaur for the last four years. Prior to that she worked seven summers at Capital Reef National Na-tional Park (Utah). Linda says that her academic background is in geology and biology, but that she gets her greatest satisfaction from her art work and studies of the natural world around her. Linda says her number one goal in life is to become a permanent employee of the National Park Service where she can use her experience and talents in helping park visitors understand the fantastic resources found in the parks. Linda was graduated from University Universi-ty of California at Davis. She hails from Santa Ana, California, where her parents still reside. historical sites, landscaping, improving midlife habitat, thinning timber stands, and assisting in historical restoration work. A portion of time is yso spent learning about the natural enrollment. en-rollment. Utah work sites scheduled for the summer of 1980 include Ouray, Price, Son National Park, Flaming Gorge, ijta, Utah County, Soldier Creek, Sockport State Park, State Fairground, iiieth-San Juan, Logan Bridgerland, Richfield, Heber, Mount Odgen, Cedar ;ity, Bryce Canyon, Goosberry-Fishlake, Goosberry-Fishlake, and Spanish Fork-Uintah. Participants will work 40 hours a rcek, 10 of which will be devoted to an jnvironmental awareness program, ind the pay is based on federal and itate minimum wage rates. A deduc-ion deduc-ion of $2.50 per day for room and board rill be made from the salary of those articipants at residential camps. Applications and further details on he YCC program are available at all unior and senior high schools. |