County Soil and Water Conservation Districts are accepting applications from high school students for a scholarship to attend the 2026 Resource Conservation Workshop, June 14-19 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
The Resource Conservation Workshop is a weeklong intensive study for students to learn about natural resources and their management in today’s environment. Students participate in field study, tours, hands-on sessions, and activities that focus on college-decision making and career decisions, according to the workshop’s website.
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Workshop students stay on N.C. State’s campus in dormitories and attend workshop sessions in Williams Hall, Lake Wheeler Soils Field Lab as well as field studies at Falls Lake State Recreation Area and Clemmons State Educational Forest in Clayton.
Rising 10th through 12th graders interested in the workshop should contact their county’s Soil and Water Conservation District representative for an application, which should be submitted no later than March 31.
The Resource Conservation Workshop is sponsored by the Division of Soil and Water Conservation of the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Crop and Soil Sciences Department of N.C. State University, and the N.C. Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts in conjunction with the Hugh Hammond Bennett Chapter – Soil and Water Conservation Society of America, N.C. Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
