Rocky Mountain Youth Corps

Conservation Corps (cc) serves young adults ages 18-25 throughout the united states. Cc crews serve on conservation projects throughout nw Colorado and Wyoming. Members earn a weekly stipend and an americorps education award. Cc crews address priority conservation goals in partnership with the united states forest service, the bureau of land management, the national park service, the national forest foundation, and a growing circle of municiple and non-profit partners. While completing priority projects on public lands, participants live in groups of 8-10 for 10 to 22 weeks. These crews work building and maintaining trails, bridges and fences, reduce wildland fuels, rehabilitate wildfire burn scars, restore ripirian habitat, create access to wilderness areas and much, much more. Cc was created in 1999.

Natural resource internship program (nrip) is designed to engage Youth and young adults ages 16-30 years in valuable work experiences within natural resources management agencies and non-profits. Interns are recruited and managed by rmyc to address priority conservation goals in partnership with the united states forest service, the bureau of land management, the national park service, the Colorado Youth Corps association, the national forest foundation, and a growing circle of additional agency and non-profit partners. Internships are designed to allow participants to advance careers in natural resources. Rmyc provides support to all internships while the intern works under the daily supervision of the hosting public lands management agency or non-profit. Interns earn a weekly stipend and an americorps education award. Nrip was created in 2015.

Youth Corps programs:service learning crew (slc) is a Youth community service program that provides education and experience in community service, and self-development to routt and moffat county Youth ages 11-13. Slc sessions are two weeks in length monday - friday, with a two night camping experience at the end of each session. Slc provides entry-level job skills while enhancing their resiliency and personal development through experiential education and meaningful service projects. Slc was created in 2010.community Youth crew (cyc) serves northwest Colorado Youth ages 14-15 on local projects. Members earn a weekly stipend while completing priority projects on public lands and engaging in education curriculum. Cyc sessions are two weeks, monday - friday, the first week operates as a day program and the second week operates as a residential, 24/7 camping experience; cyc was created in 1994. Regional Youth crew (ryc) serves Youth ages 15-18 throughout Colorado. Members live and work together during the entire session. Participants can choose between a two-week or a four-week opportunity. The residential nature of this program allows participants to be fully immersed in all aspects work and camp life. Like the slc and cyc programs, members work for public land managers on priority service projects throughout nw Colorado. Ryc members earn a weekly stipend during their time in the program. Created in 1993, ryc was our first program.

Yampa valley science school was developed in 2000 and serves all routt county sixth graders (approximately 300) each year. Students are immersed in this four-day, one-overnight experiential, place-based environmental science curriculum. The curriculum aligns with co dept. Of education content standards in science. The lesson activities take place throughout the county at optimal locations for hands on learning. Rmyc utilizes the connection of Youth to the outdoors to attain self-development assets they need at this transitional time, while igniting an excitement for learning. Yvss was created in 2000.