YOUTH
Youth Corps Community (ages 15-18)
Youth Corps Community is a non-residential, day program for 15 to 18 year olds. With the experience of field staff guiding them, participants complete service projects in their own community each day and return home at night. Crews meet at a designated site every morning and evening, Monday through Friday. Members spend an average of 6 hours per day and one hour participating in an educational lesson, from which they earn high school credit and a $250/week stipend. During these 5 week sessions, participants learn new skills, challenge themselves, make new friends, and better their communities!
 
Youth Corps Camping (ages 16-19)
Youth Corps Camping programs combine education and job skill training with outdoor adventure for 16 to 19 year olds. With the guidance of experienced field staff, youth crew members work on conservation, reforestation, and recreation projects, while developing leadership skills and learning how to work as a team. Crews camp in the field for their entire 5-6 week session, traveling to a new project each week and recreating on the weekends. In addition to earning a $300/week stipend and high school credit, participants make new friends, learn new skills, explore the Northwest’s wildest places, challenge themselves, and have an awesome summer!

​Who is Audubon Society of Portland?
Audubon Society of Portland is a conservation organization that has inspired people to love and protect nature in
Oregon for over 100 years. Through our conservation and education programs, wildlife care center and sanctuaries, we strive to foster a region where people and wildlife can flourish together.

What is the TALON Program?
The TALON Program, a training and employment program for young adults aged 16-20, is designed to introduce
participants to careers in conservation, wildlife care, communications, and environmental education. TALON's
goal is to give young adults a real life, hands-on experience that will better prepare them for a job in one of the many fields within conservation.

Operating out of Portland Audubon's East and Northwest locations during the training and apprenticeship period,
TALON aims to reach the diversity of racial and ethnic communities living in Portland, Gresham, and Clackamas.

The TALON Program consists of:

• Ten Saturday training sessions
  
• Ten weeks of summer employment in environmental education, community science, communication, wildlife rehabilitation, or trail building.
  
• Ongoing mentorship with Portland Audubon staff
  
• Education and skill-building in natural history
  
• Diversifying the environmental movement
  
• Paid employment!
  

Each training session will be scheduled on a Saturday beginning April 2019. Participants must attend 9 out of 10
Saturday training days to be eligible for apprenticeship assignment.

Who Are We Seeking?
This program is primarily for young adult’s aged 16-20 who represent diverse racial or ethnic backgrounds. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. Candidates should have a continued or emerging interest in learning about the various fields in the environmental field.

For questions, contact
Youn Han, Community Programs Manager:
[email protected] or call 503-867-1597