Oregon youth corps - recreation site maintenance forest health crews will be dedicated to supporting shared project goals of the roseburg BLM by providing local youth ages 16-26 with opportunities…

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon-Washington Region, awarded a $206,851.49 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) to the Phoenix School of Roseburg, a non-profit organization. The Cooperative Agreement provides funding for the Oregon Youth Corps program, which engages local youth ages 16-26 to perform recreation site maintenance, trail restoration, and forest health activities on BLM-administered lands in the Roseburg District. The youth crews, consisting of 1 crew leader, 1 crew leader assistant, and 8 crew members, will work part-time during the school year and full-time over the summer to complete priority projects at locations such as Lone Pine, Millpond, and Susan Creek Falls. This partnership between the Phoenix School and BLM has provided workforce training and fostered environmental stewardship in high school and college students for over three decades.

Oregon youth corps - recreation site maintenance forest health crews will be dedicated to supporting shared project goals of the roseburg BLM by providing local youth ages 16-26 with opportunities to learn, earn, and serve on o c and adjacent lands. For over three decades, our oregon youth corps partnership with roseburg BLM has furthered the districts capacity to achieve project outcomes while fostering stewardship values, leadership skills, and workforce training in high school and college students. Personal and professional growth is facilitated for participants by strengthening their sense of connection with peers, community, and forest ecosystems.phoenix school will provide outreach to employ at least one 10-person crew (composed of 1 crew leader, 1 crew leader assistant, and 8 crew members) to implement priority activities throughout the school-year and summer corps programs. The school-year program operates part-time from september-june for 2-3 days per week at 4.5 hours per day. The summer program operates full-time from late june-august for 4 days per week at 9 hours per day. Youth crews will receive training, guidance, and oversight from the program coordinator and agency partners to ensure project outcomes are aligned with DOI standards and expectations. All youth crew members will be equipped with proper PPE, hand tools, and mechanical equipment to safely and efficiently complete assigned project tasks under the ongoing supervision and instruction of crew leaders. Project performance data (EX. Total labor hours, project locations, and amount of work accomplished) will be collected using daily crew logs to track deliverables for progress reports.priority project locations in the BLM roseburg district include trails, campgrounds, and day-use sites at: lone pine, millpond, rock creek, scaredman, tioga, swiftwater, emerald waters, baker wayside, susan creek falls, wolf creek falls, cavitt creek falls, e mile, eagleview, tyee, and north bank habitat management area. Total estimated project accomplishments throughout two years of school-year and summer corps programs include: 7740 total labor hours, 60 youth hired, 12 miles of trail maintained (across frontcountry and backcountry settings), 100 downed logs removed, 40 structures repaired installed, 5 acres of debris cleanup and or vegetation abatement in campgrounds and day-use sites, 40 acres noxious weeds removed, 2000 native plant plugs propagated and installed for site restoration, 5 acres of fuels reduction, and at least 4 collaborative volunteer events and or community workshops and trainings