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Help improve the Rockies - for joy and college credit |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 16:19 |
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Blanca Peak Courtesy of Rocky Mountain Field Institute
The Rocky Mountain Field Institute is accepting applications for spots on Earth Corps 2012.
This year's team will work on Blanca Peak and the Ellingwood Point Trail in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range (above).
Earth Corps is a selective field-based program that offers "motivated, environmentally conscious students" the opportunity to directly address a critical environmental threat by living and working in the backcountry for a month.
The lack of a defined summit trail on Blanca has resulted in the proliferation of user-created social trails, gullied and denuded areas, and severe vegetation loss. As a result, this fragile alpine area is at risk of losing its ecological integrity.
Students will learn and live the Leave No Trace ethic, backcountry navigation, alpine mountaineering, and risk management. The project dates are July 9 to Aug. 7
The RMFI runs the program with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Credit is given for Field Studies in Geography (GES 446).
Click here to learn how to apply.
Early application deadline is March 5; final deadline is March 21.
Info: See the Rocky Mountain Field Institute website, or email
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or call 719-471-7736.
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