Youth Ecological Forestry Training Program

Get paid to train
During this intensive program, participants are employed by Lomakatsi’s hands-on workforce training and environmental education program. Participants are paid a competitive hourly wage to conduct work projects five days per week. Most work is performed in the field with some classroom instruction time.

Through positive work experiences and teamwork development, program participants develop professional skills, a sense of responsibility and self-sufficiency, a long-term community service and stewardship ethic, and the ability to obtain future employment in natural resource management. Certifications earned include safe chainsaw operation for restoration and hazard fuel reduction, basics of wildland firefighting, and First Aid/CPR. Participants also practice essential forestry techniques in the field, including data collection, tree marking, and unit boundary layout.