Practical Field Experiences and Resume-Building Work for YES Students

When Principal Louise Miller found out that Ecological Restoration and Forestry jobs are heavily concentrated in Yuba and Sierra counties and that hundreds of jobs are planned to open up for prepared young people in our rural area, she acted on it immediately. She got right to work to bring practical field experiences and resume-building work to YES for our high school students.

This summer, along with our Dual Enrollment Program with Yuba College (college credits for our high school students), our YES campus is the “base” for the Working Lands Workforce Development Pipeline Field Days… and our high school students have summer jobs in the PAID internship program that started last week!

What an exciting opportunity for our high school students!

On Wednesday, July 1, Project Director, Dr. Joe Krulder, said, “Our first working field day went great. Interns learned how to fly a drone (GIS mapping), take a chainsaw to dead wood (bush clearing for firebreaks), identify certain plants (invasive and natural), and clear invasive species. Hopefully, these photos capture the spirit of the day…!”

A big thank you to the professionals who are bringing this “forward-thinking” educational and employment opportunity to our YES High School students:

Michael Bagley YCCD.edu; Kelly Thomasson, YCCD.edu; Roger Palmer, YCCD.edu; Alan Dixon, YCCD.edu; Michael Crandall, YCCD.edu; Robert Stoddard, YCCD.edu; Korey Champe, YCCD.edu; Jeff Stollberg, YCCD.edu; Jessica Ramos, YCCD.edu; Lidia Pureco, MJUSD; Louise Miller, YES Charter Academy; and Cathy LeBlanc. Camptonville Community Partnership.