Today, as honorary founding president and an active member of the
Student Conservation Association (SCA), Putnam has indeed put in over four decades of extra credit.
Later, an international group called the
Student Conservation Association camped nearby and proceeded to plant many hundreds more trees, build sediment traps, and pour their love from Mexico, Texas, and New York upon the land.
US carrier Southwest Airlines announced on Thursday that it is teaming up with the
Student Conservation Association (SCA) for the Conservation In Action Tour: 40 Projects for 40 Years, in celebration of its 40 years in service.
Funds from Nature Valley will allow the Grand Canyon Association to fund a full-time park employee and a volunteer coordinator from the
Student Conservation Association, and provide food, housing, and transportation costs through the summer and early fall.
Ann Pedtke is an intern with the
Student Conservation Association at DEC's New York City office.
Forest Service and the
Student Conservation Association, the project involves research on certain forest breeding birds.
Together with AmeriCorps members of the
Student Conservation Association's Hudson Valley Conservation Corps, they trained site supervisors and counselors, providing them with the knowledge and skills needed to lead their groups.
NPCA is also working in partnership with the
Student Conservation Association to begin a program in New York City.
The most entertaining of the lot is Earth Work, a monthly compendium of job openings, grad school profiles and advice from the pros, published by the
Student Conservation Association. Three other useful publications are The Job Seeker and Environmental Career Opportunities, bi-weekly roundups of available jobs in the private and public sectors broken down by category (i.e., forestry, communications, environmental engineering); and Environmental Opportunities, a monthly newsletter.
So when the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) partnered with the
Student Conservation Association (SCA) in 1997 to match high school students with conservation projects in the Adirondack Park, the overwhelming positive result exceeded everyone's expectations.