Recreational Fishing and Outdoor Education

The Southwest Region Fisheries Program's Recreational Fishing and Outdoor Education Program targets communities in which our stations are located and the youth of those towns, villages, and cities. Our primary objective is to foster healthy interaction between people and the outdoors; demonstrate how the USFWS and conservation play important roles in local communities; introduce natural resource career opportunities to young adults; and develop recruitment mechanisms for future employees with programs such as the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC).

Youth Conservation Corps

The Youth Conservation Corps was created in 1970, the program allows local youth between the ages of 15-18 to participate in an 8-week paid summer program; this program is an innovative way to teach our youth about preservation of wildlife and habitat. Region 2 Fisheries has active YCC programs at the following facilities:

• Alchesy-Williams Creek NFH Complex
• Dexter NFH&TC
• Inks Dam NFH
• New Mexico FWCO
• Tishomingo NFH
• Uvalde NFH

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