2022-Cairn @ YES Conference 2022

Start Date-End Date: 10/08/2022-10/08/2022 Land Manager Office: Cal-Wood Education Center Land Manager Contact: Funding Partner: Programmatic Partner: Summary: N/A Description: What:The 5th AnnualYouth Exploring Stewardship Conferenceis coming up soon! Attendees will connect with other teens, participate in fun outdoor recreation and stewardship activities, and learn about careers and other opportunities in the environmental field. To learn more, visithttps://youthexploringstewardship.com/conference/. The Conference is free for all high school students -REGISTER BY MONDAY, 10/3 to secure your spot!When:Saturday, October 8th (switched from overnight to single-day) (8:45am - 5pm)Where:Cal-Wood Education Center outside Jamestown, ColoradoWho: Justin McBride, one of your Cairn mentors, will be attending the all-day conference along with staff from Cal-Wood, Teens Inc., The Greenway Foundation, Colorado Young Leaders, and Wildlands Restoration Volunteers (WRV)Minimum age:14 years old Latitude/Longitude: 40.14657138383351, -105.39117433122814 Additional Information: Camping Available: No Physical Difficulty: Easy High Altitude Project: Yes Desired Number of Volunteers: 10 Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 1 Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 4 Total Volunteer Days: 5 Total Unique Volunteers: 5 Total Volunteer Hours: 50 Staff Hours: 0 Stipend Hours: 0 Project Summary: Four Cairn students and one mentor attended the single-day Youth Exploring Stewardship (YES) Conference in Jamestown, CO. The YES Conference was one of three options for Cairn students to choose from for their October monthly project. One conference organizer, a staff member from WRV summarized the conference by saying: "We had a ton of fun exploring our shared passion for the outdoors, community, and stewardship with you at Cal-Wood through nature bathing, survival skills, habitat restoration and more! Our fire restoration project was a great success, with 40 trees and shrubs and 100 grass plugs planted, and your [attendees] enthusiasm and engagement made the whole day possible." Successes and Challenges: Successes: -YES Coalition partner organizations had staff members who planned a lot of diverse programming. -Students enjoyed themselves, and our Cairn mentor who attended stated that the conference was well-run and planned. Challenges: -I wasn't able to take part in the planning process or attend the actual conference due to my limited capacity with my end-of-season VOC workload. -The conference was challenging to recruit students for when it was planned to be an overnight trip; the conference had to be shifted to a single-day due to low registration numbers at the last minute. Lessons Learned: Special Notes: Stewardship Education: Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: Description of Accidents/Incidents: Description of Work Completed: