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Show YCC completes successful season As the last fence post was pounded into place, the last roll of barbed wire was 'stretched and fastened, and the last rock was set into place, the Cedar City Youth Conservation Corps Camp closed its doors at the end of another successful work-education work-education season. Closing ceremonies were conducted Saturday morning, August 7, with Morgan Jensen, District Manager of the Bureau of Land Management, Cedar City District, presenting certificates of completion to the 20 youths, 10 boys and 10 girls, who have completed eight weeks of work on a variety of conservation projects on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Approximately 20 percent of their time was devoted 1 to environmental awareness education. "' :j ! ' k O 1 Mr The Youth Conservation Corps, administered by the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture and State Govern- ( ments, was established by the ( President and the Congress to CLOSING CEREMONY. Morgan Jensen, BLM district manager of Cedar City presents certificate of completion to YCC enrollee Monty Brindley at closing ceremonies held August 7. oiler young men ana women, id through 18 years of age, gainful summer employment in the healthful outdoor atmosphere of the national parks, forests and national resource lands. There were about 12,500 young men and women enrolled in the program throughout the nation this summer. According to Cecil Jorgensen, Project Manager, the youth have accomplished a variety of projects with a high degree of skill and quality. The most notable project was habitat development and protection for the rare and unique Utah Cutthroat Cut-throat Trout which was one of the abundant fish species in ancient Lake Bonneville thousands of years ago and now inhabits only two small streams in Utah. The first phase of the work consisted of fencing several miles along both sides of the stream to exclude ex-clude livestock grazing and prevent trampling damage to the frail streambank environment. The second phase was construction con-struction of approximately 200 net wire check dams in the stream to create small pools and gravel bars which are necessary for the fish's survival and increased in-creased propagation. Other projects consisted of five miles of fence reconstruction in Hamblin Valley, browse seeding evaluation along the foothills north of Cedar City, tree cutting in the North Hills seeding, and maintenance of one wildlife water development. To eliminate the boring, time-consuming time-consuming practice of driving to and from work locations each day, the enrollees camped out on the job. The SUSC food service provided ample food for the 20 hard-working teenagers. Weekend recreation activities were popular and included trips to Grand Canyon and Lehman's Cave. Special environmental education trips were made to the Dixie National Forest to observe and learn about their multiple use programs of resource management. On a field trip with the Soil Conservation Servi e, the enrollees studied a soil profile, learned the differences between soil textures, observed various kinds of irrigation practices and . their advantages, and how that agency serves the farmers and ranchers of the nation. The enrollees were exposed daily to the BLM's multiple use approach to managing our national ' resource lands. Without exception, the 20 enrollees were well pleased with the YCC program and left with a .... better . understanding of the complex problems of managing federal lands, of working together and living close together. The camp was sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and hosted by Southern Utah State College. |