Local students complete Sand Flats apprenticeship program
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Sand Flats apprentices and staff (from left) Andy Boone, Taylor Melo, Stanton Rodriguez, Sean Black, Jason Turner and Bridget Phillips pose during a 4X4 tour of Hell’s Revenge Trail at the end of their 2010 work season. Photo courtesy of Sand Flats Recreation Area
Sand Flats apprentices and staff (from left) Andy Boone, Taylor Melo, Stanton Rodriguez, Sean Black, Jason Turner and Bridget Phillips pose during a 4X4 tour of Hell’s Revenge Trail at the end of their 2010 work season. Photo courtesy of Sand Flats Recreation Area
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Grand County High School students, Bridget Phillips, Stanton Rodriguez, Taylor Melo and Sean Black recently completed the apprenticeship program at the Sand Flats Recreation Area.

The Sand Flats’ spring apprenticeship program was expanded in 2010 to include a summer season, thanks to help from the Department of the Interior’s Youth Initiative Program, which is administered through the Bureau of Land Management’s Moab Field Office, Sand Flats officials said in a news release.

Grand County/Sand Flats Operations Coordinator, Jason Turner directly supervised the students as they worked throughout the recreation area making improvements to trailheads, trails and campgrounds, Sand Flats officials said.

The work completed by this year’s interns included constructing a new toilet building at the Porcupine Rim Trailhead, marking a new hiking trail in the Juniper campground, improving campsites, replacing signage, painting facilities, pulling weeds and general campground maintenance.

Student interns also participated in educational training through a variety of presentations by Grand County, BLM, the U.S. Geological Survey and other community members. Topics for presentations and classes included area archeology, history, geology, biological soil crusts, bicycle repair, GPS operation, search and rescue, first aid, CPR, county government, the history of Sand Flats, and tourism.

The Sand Flats Recreation Area is managed through a partnership between Grand County and the BLM. This year marks the 15th season for the Sand Flats Recreation Area Apprenticeship Program. In addition to providing job opportunities for local youth, the apprenticeship program is designed to educate young people in recreation and resource management and the protection of public lands, according to the news release.
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