NRCS Provides Learning Experience For Girl Scouts

a Girl Scout reaches out to “touch” a mountain she sees while viewing a three dimensional landscape anaglyph with 3-D glasses

NRCS staff from the Soil Survey and Legislative and Public Affairs divisions recently participated in a Girl Scout “Linking Girls to the Land” program at the National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center, in northern Virginia.  More than 1,000 Girl Scouts and their families attended the day-long event.  The NRCS exhibit included stereoscopes and anaglyphs that provided participants with hands-on learning experience on how the agency uses technology to analyze landscapes. The gamut of conservation careers was also explained.

“Linking Girls to the Land” is an interagency partnership between Girl Scouts of the USA’s Elliott

Find out more about the Linking Girls to the Land program

Wildlife Values Project and Federal natural resource conservation agencies, initiatives, and partner organizations. This partnership encourages 3.8 million Girl Scouts across the country to become involved in conservation and natural resource issues through partnerships with Federal agencies on national and local levels. This semi-annual event is a valuable opportunity for NRCS to provide a positive influence to these future leaders.

Girl Scout pledge to do their best “to use resources wisely.”  The Elliott Wildlife Values Project fund supports wildlife conservation and education efforts for Girl Scouts.
Your contact is Ted Kupelian, NRCS, public affairs specialist, at 202-720-5776.