Date: June 13-18, 2010
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be conducting the first annual Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit (TOYS) June 13-18 for students in high schools across Tennessee in cooperation with the Montgomery County Sportsmen Association (MCSA) and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation (TWRF). Students will be introduced to many different outdoor activities including boating, hunting, trapping, archery, photography, marksmanship, plant identification, forestry, camping, water quality, trap shooting, skeet shooting, wildlife identification, and several classes with wildlife and fishery biology as the topic. Students will participate in hands-on classes that will teach the importance of the natural resources and their management. Instructors will be wildlife and fisheries biologists, wildlife officers, college professors, professional shooting coaches, and experts from fields of interest. Students can plan on each class they sign up for to be two to four hours long and will include hands-on application in that subject. Once the students are accepted to the program, they will be able to attend at least ten classes during the week they have chosen. During this week, the students will have the opportunity to gain certification in many different programs. TOYS will provide youth opportunities to learn more about hunting, fishing, and shooting. Students that are interested in a career in the natural resources field, will also enjoy the experiences that normally are not learned until you join the work force.
TOYS will cost $300 for the week-long experience. Students will be housed in a hotel in Clarksville, Tennessee and bused out each day to a TWRA complex in Montgomery County. Meals will also be covered under the fee. Parents or guardians will be required to bring students into town on Sunday night and pick them up either Friday night at the awards ceremony or the following morning. Rooms will be available, for a fee, if parents wish to come into town on Friday night to attend the banquet and stay the night. Students will be required to be picked up by 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 19. Students interested should submit an application by April 30, 2010 and send along with a deposit of $150 to MCSA, 3630 Corbandale Road, Palmyra, TN, 37142. Enrollment is limited to 100 students and if your application is not accepted, refunds will be returned in full. If your application is chosen, you will be sent a schedule packet that must be completed selecting classes you are interested in. At that time, applications must return the packet and send the remaining cost of the program. Students will be assigned a roommate with two students to a room. If applications have someone they know they want to room with, they should indicate that on the application. Applications can be downloaded from www.tnwildlife.org or www.shoottn.org If you have questions, contact Jereme Odom at (615) 781-6500, extension 2103, or email
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. TWRA looks forward to introducing you to Tennessee’s natural resources.
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