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Natural
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MEET THE STAFF
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Instructors
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GARY FORNSHELL
NRC Fish Biology & Aquaculture
Instructor
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Gary is an
Extension Educator in Aquaculture with the University of Idaho,
and has been instructing at the NRC for 11 years. When
Gary was the age of an NRC camper, he enjoyed his science
classes, as well as grooving to Pink Floyd (in his plaid
polyester bell bottoms). Gary claims that he can speak Kikongo,
and he loves teaching children about his favorite subject -
fish.
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BOB JOSAITIS
NRC Range Instructor and
The Expedition,
bowl game, rifle
range, wall tent challenge, and campfire wood getter- guy
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Bob is a Rangeland Management
Specialist with the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
For
18 years, he has helped NRC campers get the right start in
appreciating their outdoor and natural resource heritage and
appreciating the beauty of central Idaho mountains. When Bob
was the age of an NRC camper, he rocked to Dave Mason's
"All Along the Watchtower" while wearing his camo
pants, and eating anything he caught by hunting or fishing. Bob
says his favorite classes in junior high were hunting and
fishing after school. For four winters, Bob lived in a
wall tent in the Sawtooth Valley and trapped martens.
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WENDY KOONS
NRC Aquatic Education Instructor, Fishing Guide, and Big
Wood Simulation Heckler
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Wendy is a Habitat Specialist
and Project Manager for the Upper Salmon Basin Watershed
Program, and is entering her fourth year as "water
goddess" at the NRC. When Wendy was the age of an NRC
camper, she excelled in Advanced Biology and Woodshop, and loved
to rock out to Styx and Peter Frampton in her stone- washed,
straight-legged Levi's. A few of Wendy's special talents include
reciting all 50 states in alphabetical order and being able to
put her foot behind her head.
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KRISTIN MAY
NRC Soils Instructor
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Kristin is an Area
Resource Soil Scientist for the Natural Resources Soil
Conservation Service, and is looking forward to her third year
of teaching soils at the NRC. Kristin keeps coming back to the
NRC because she loves interacting with the campers, as well as
for general good-times that are to be had all around.
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RUTH RIEPER
NRC Forestry Instructor
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Ruth, a forester
with the U.S. Forest Service, is adorned with the proper
inventory apparel as she leads the campers in forest management
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STEVE REDDY
NRC Wildlife Instructor
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Steve is a University
of Idaho Extension Educator, and has been the Wildlife Instructor
for 10 years. He keeps returning to the NRC because it's
fun, and the camp and surrounding mountains are so
beautiful. He really likes the Big Wood Simulation Game. One
of Steve's most amazing feats is eating a mustard sardine sandwich
with pickled garlic and raw onions. Lunch was the class he
liked best in junior high, and the Doors were his favorite band.
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KRISTY BOGUSLAWSKI
NRC Girls Counselor
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Kristy, formerly a 4-H
Coordinator with the University of Idaho, has been supporting
the Cabin Leader program as girls' counselor for three
years. Kristy enjoys watching the campers' faces change
from scared and overwhelmed to tearful when forced to leave new
friends. At the age of an NRC camper, Kristy was a star in her
Journalism classes, and spent a lot of time drooling over Derek
Longmuir from the Bay City Rollers. Kristy prides herself on
being the only person who has never been found at the NRC Wild
Games (must be that fancy camouflage makeup!).
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STEVE HINES
NRC Cabin Leader Coordinator and Boys Counselor
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Steve is an Extension
Educator with the University of Idaho, and has been leading the
cabin leader program at the NRC for nine years. Steve enjoys
watching kids turn on to the natural world around them. At
the age of 13, you would have found Steve in Lee Cowboy Cut
Jeans, jamming to Alabama records, and getting straight A's in
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DAVE HOWELL,
NRC Camp Paramedic
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Dave with
his wife Katie, holding camp and each other
together. Dave is on hand to dispense prescribed
medications brought by campers and treat minor injuries to both
campers and staff. |
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Additional Natural Resource Instructors |
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KEVIN DAVIDSON
NRC Archery Instructor
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Kevin is a District Conservationist
with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and he is into
his third year as Archery Instructor at the NRC. Kevin
loves teaching kids, perfecting his form, and just being in the
great outdoors. Although Kevin is in denial that he was
ever the age of an NRC camper, he does admit to being a darn
good wrestler back in the day.
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TERRY HALBERT
NRC Camp Counselor
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Terry is the District
Manager of the Northside Soil and Water Conservation District
and the Idaho Soil Conservation Commission. He's been a
Camp Counselor for four years and enjoys working with campers
and the other staff members. Terry especially enjoys how much
fun it is to put up the wall tent during the wall tent
challenge. When Terry was the age of an NRC camper, you
would have found him listening to Gordon Lightfoot, wearing
Levi's 501 jeans, and enjoying his favorite drink, A&W root
beer.
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KELTON HATCH
NRC Wildlife Instructor
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Kelton, the Regional
Conservation Educator for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game,
is using the real hardware to demonstrate the characteristics
and differences in Idaho's wildlife during "Hides and
Skulls" classes. |
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DAVID SKINNER
NRC Wildlife Instructor
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David is a Wildlife Biologist with the U.S.
Forest Service. He is has a falcon perched on his arm
while teaching campers about birds of prey. |
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CABIN LEADERS
Cabin
Leaders are the campers selected each year at the NRC by the
adult staff to return to the next camp in peer leadership roles.
Selected based on their combination of leadership, knowledge,
and inter-personal communication skills and potentials, they
receive pre-camp training from the University of Idaho, and as
Cabin Leaders, are assigned to supervise and sleep in a cabin
with up to a dozen "regular" campers of the same
gender.
Cabin Leaders develop
and deliver several of the programs and activities for the campers,
and provide assistance to the resource instructors during labs and
lectures.
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The
Cabin Leader job position is announced at each camp. Few Cabin
Leader positions come open each year for the many campers who turn
in applications wishing to return to the NRC.
Even Cabin Leaders themselves have to apply for their own
jobs each year! Many Cabin Leaders serve the NRC for multiple
consecutive camps, some even up until the age of 18 when they
leave for college.
Cabin
Leaders play a vital role at the NRC. Congratulations and thank
you, Cabin Leaders!
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Alex Boguslawski
Aubrey Nelson
Bryce Williams
Crosby Crevelt
Ella Wardwell
Mickenzie Boggs
Wes Freeman
Logan Crevelt |
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Alex Nelson
Betsy Hinze
CJ Bledsoe
Will Billington
Currin Sessions
Megan Stampke
Sarah Fry
Ellie Dalton |
