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<br />. <br />Kids & Natural Resources: <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- --= --e <br /> <br />- - <br /> <br />- <br /> <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 <br /> <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. <br /> <br />+bnH <br />- IN -- <br />A'1dJud AlS-IkIC~ <br /> <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 <br />. . <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- <br /> <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 <br />. . <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. <br /> <br /> <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, <br />