Range Camp

July 14-17, 2025

2025 Recap

Range Camp is a highlight of our summer! This year, we had 18 youth attend. Our group stayed at the Great Basin Station up Ephraim Canyon (the birthplace of rangeland management!), and we had an excellent caterer, so nobody went hungry.

Working professionals gave great presentations on a wide range of related jobs, toxic plants, noxious weeds, livestock, range monitoring, soil, and more. We went over FFA contests and monitoring procedures, met with ranchers and different agency personnel, visited desert and mountain locations, and toured Snow College and the Seed Research Center.

We want to congratulate Jade Goble and Jake Brinkerhoff as the overall winners, and Holden Harris as the follow-up! They have the opportunity to represent Utah at the National SRM meeting in Monterey, California, at the High School Youth Forum!

Other Competition results:

  • 1st Place Plant Press Winners: Jade Goble & Jake Brinkerhoff

  • 1st Place Oral Presentation: Hagen Nielson

  • 1st Place Plant ID- Jade Goble

About Range Camp

Range Camp is an intensive 5-day camp. The cost of the camp is $200 per student, which includes meals and materials. The camp is open to 25 high school students ages 14-18. The top two individuals will receive and expense paid trip to the Annual Society for Range Management meeting, where they will have the opportunity to participate in the High School Youth Forum with other students from around the country.

Range Camp offers students a background in ecological principles and the tools used to measure the health of our rangelands, as well as an understanding of the resource management process. A great deal of time is spent in learning discussing the roles of humans in natural resources with special attention given to the process of resolving conflict. Range camp includes a balance  of outdoor activities, hikes, and classroom study. Instructors for the school are members of the Society for Range Management and include university faculty, agency professionals, and private consultants from around the state.

Sponsorships are available through various county and state agencies, such as Conservation District Boards, Farm Bureau, school districts, FFA chapters, and others involved in conservation of our natural resources. Some camp sponsors are STEM and Western SARE.

 

Location: Great Basin Experiment Station

Camp will be based out of the Great Basin Experiment Station in Ephraim. The station is a renovated 1911 Forest Service Facility used to conduct range management research and is known as the Birthplace of Range Management. There are several bunk houses with bathrooms and showers although, those who prefer to camp will be able to do so. The Station is now run by Snow College.

 

To Register

Register online or contact Cory Farnsworth 435-797-1485 or 435-210-0212, or cory.farnsworth@usu.edu