At the camp, students will learn about forestry, fish and wildlife management, watershed management, water quality, threatened and endangered species, and geology.
Instructors are experts from government and private organizations.
Biologist Steffen honored Biologist Dave Steffen of Roanoke has earned honors for his work managing Virginia's game populations. Steffen was named the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries' Wildlife Biologist of the Year. Recently, he was presented with the Wildlife Society's Wildlife Management Excellence Award. Steffen oversees the state's forest game programs, working out of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries field office in Vinton. Recent projects he has participated in include research on wild turkey populations in Virginia and West Virginia, the Alleghany Cooperative Black Bear Project, development of Virginia's first black bear management plan, and a comprehensive study of ruffed grouse.