Colorado youth corps would like to place program participants in a learning setting which will foster development of wildlife management related skills

A successful youth applicant will gain firsthand experiences, through direct participation under mentorship, in: 1. Understanding the culture and impact of the mentoring organization, 2. Understanding the national program organization, 3. Developing resource specific techniques and understanding processes, opportunities, and constraints, 4. Acquiring resume building experiences and skills. Overall, the programs participants should benefit from numerous opportunities in learning in both an office setting and with hands-on field work opportunities. Office work learning opportunities could include supporting program staff in resource management decision processes, preparing program related documentation, report writing, and oral communication skill building. Specifically with this youth development opportunity, cyca participants are aiming to develop career building skills in field work that includes data collection, analytics, and mapping of wildlife-based natural resources both for management and research purposes. Expected project outcomes include broadening the participant s understanding of wildlife program technical processes and decision making elements under the mentorship of the agency staff. By participating in this agreement the agency can help foster technical understanding and will increase the professional development of the participants. The BLM can provide this opportunity at the uncompahgre field office (UFO) through the wildlife program. Specifically, the UFO can provide youth participants with an opportunity to collect data, finalize data for analysis and deliver a presentation on a the nabat BAT acoustic project and or bumble BEE atlas project for BLM and SCC staff. This learning opportunity will be mentored by agency wildlife biologist specialists. The participant will gain experience in the field, specifically planning field work, navigating in the backcountry on and off trail, implementing a defined protocol (nabat and BEE atlas) and managing data. Data management will consist of uploading data in an organized file structure and reviewing acoustic files to ensure IT was collected correctly. Placed youth will learn about federal land management roles, responsibilities, challenges and constraints related to wildlife management on public lands. They will fully engage with and have direct exposure to the type of professional work these staff conduct. The youth will be mentored directly by these staff to develop their field and interpersonal skills, analytical concepts, and understanding of public land management and policy. Products include: acoustic monitoring bats- deploying and collecting recorders and data management. Finalize data for analysis. Collect data for bumble BEE atlas https: WWW.bumblebeeatlas.ORG youth will have the opportunity to give a presentation to BLM and SCC staff on nabat project and or bumble BEE atlas.