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<br />"Young people challenge all of us at the Department
<br />of Natural Resources to be more flexible, creative and
<br />fun, By thinking about how to develop in students a
<br />greater appreciation of our natural environment, we
<br />deepen our own, By helping even one young man or
<br />woman set higher goals and achieve them, we make
<br />Colorado a better place-today and tomorrow,"
<br />-Ken Salazar
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<br />The cenh:.'rpil'(.:l' of tht.'
<br />Dt.'Partmcnt of Natural
<br />Resources' l"1.iw.:i1ti(mal efforts
<br />is tht' Youth in 0iatural Rl>StlUrn.~
<br />(YNR) program.
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<br />A'1dJud AlS-IkIC~
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<br />Thb SUmn1l'T Jnllrt.' tl1.1n 250
<br />high ~hool student-. \\'orJ...l'ti in jobs
<br />(1CWSS tIll' st.lle .md n'(l'i\'l.J ll.1nds-
<br />on e\,pt-'ricnn' in natura] rt~llUr(l~
<br />Inanagenlt.-'nt. In additillJ1, many
<br />students altl'ndt..J iiL'ld trips and
<br />..eminilr.> tll 1t.',UIl .1Nlul C{llorado's
<br />l,lIld, gl'\lk1gic,11, milll'f.ll. ""lil'r,
<br />wildlifl, ,lIld F,ub rt~)urct.~.
<br />Student..; also particip.lil'd in
<br />t\\'o'" and thn"l'...day c.lmpu<., \"j..its
<br />sponson'l.i by Cl'!llf.ldo Stall'
<br />Uni\'t.'rsit\" .lull tilt' Uni\"l'r--it\' of
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<br />Clllorado i1t Bllukkr. ltint'T.1rit">
<br />includl'l..i campus hlUrs, d,l.;.;t\)(ln1
<br />in...tntction in n.ltuf,ll ~~.OUf(t' .;ub--
<br />jl'Ct~, outdoor l'l,iuC,ltillO activitil':'>
<br /><lnd prl~nt.ltion.; l\O l'ntralKl'
<br />r('I,luirenwnt.;, .lnd fin,lnci.ll ,lid.
<br />YNR \"a~ cn'.ltl'l,l in l'NI to
<br />adJrl'~... two D:'\R pril'riti(':'>: envi-
<br />ronmental edlK.ltion .lnd divt'P.-oit\'.
<br />TIll' pn\~r,lm j.;, dl'.;igl1l"d tll ~timu-
<br />late an intt'n~t in natural ~""""lurCl'
<br />~ubjt'Ct.; clnwng group.;, that hi"tori-
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<br />cally havt' nol chosen to pUfsue nat-
<br />ural rt."'S(IUH't' Cilrt.'t.'rs.
<br />"Reaching out to young pl'O-
<br />pll' when thl'Y .m' beginning to
<br />think ahout future ~,b choice~ i...
<br />l~X'llti.ll. if we ,In.' to dl'Vl'lllp.l
<br />highly skillt'd, lnllti".ltt'd .1Ild Illot\'
<br />di\'er"t' workfllr(t.' in n.ll1lf.ll
<br />fl'~Ollrn' fidd~," E\l"tl.ltin' Din'l"hlr
<br />Ken Salaz.u Sclid.
<br />DNR's Educcltion Tl\lm-
<br />about 20 emploYl'l.~ from ,ll! nint'
<br />di\'i~i(lIlS-Vllluntt'('n'lt thl'ir timt'
<br />clnd effort to Cft'.ltl' Youth in Natural
<br />Rl'SOur(es. M.lIl\' nltlrt' wert.'
<br />in\'llln'li in Pueblo Youth j\i,ltur.1l1v
<br />.lod C\.'Il\"t'r limth Natur.1lh' (.~~, box
<br />11I/1/t'xtp4IXd.
<br />Funding come~ from mall\'
<br />sourCt'S: Job Training Partllt'rship
<br />Act fund" for wagl~. administt'n-d
<br />bv the Gon'rnllf's Job Traininh
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<br />Offict'. ...rlcial "t'n'ict' agendl.... .1Ild
<br />thl' Otfice..;ll! Ruwl Jllb Training;
<br />l)j,'isilln llt Wildlife and \\'ildlifl'
<br />Commi...sion tund...; fe.dt'r.ll gf.1nh;
<br />pri\'.1tt' fllunJ,ltilln d,lllolti,lIl~; .lnd
<br />in-k.ind col1tributi(lIl~ fWIll individ-
<br />ual... and busml,~x~.
<br />.\la~lr privah.-' d{lIlor~ tor till'
<br />144,2 pmgr.lm Wl'rt' tht' l!S \\bt
<br />Found.ltion, Junil1r League llf
<br />[A'nH'r, :\"1:'\\'n1Ont Cold Cl1Illp,1I1Y.
<br />Martin .\ 1arit'tt.l ,md the Gate..;
<br />F<.llllll.:!.ltion, TIw 144,2 nwdi,l ...pon-
<br />SOT W.b KCI'\C- T\', Ch,mnd -I.
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<br />Above: Katie Keefe. a second-year par-
<br />tlcipantln the departmenfs Youth In
<br />Natural Resources program, helps Jim
<br />Dennis of the Division of Wildlife with
<br />the annual ritual of pelican banding at
<br />Riverside Reservoir last summer.
<br />Right: With the help 01 a bull snake,
<br />Carol Bylsma. DOW's Project WILD
<br />coordinator, conducts an activity called
<br />"First Impressions:' about the myths
<br />and attitudes that affect how we per-
<br />ceive various animals, Her audience:
<br />sixth grade students at High Plains
<br />Elementary School in the Denver
<br />metropolitan area,
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