The Rural Youth Futures project seeks to understand the goals and aspirations of middle and high-school youth in two traditionally forest-dependent communities: Piscataquis County, Maine and Coos County, Oregon. We want to find out more about the connections between local communities, youth aspirations for the future, and the local economy. We hope this information will help communities better engage their next generation of workers and entrepreneurs as residents and leaders, develop more targeted education and training opportunities, and attract more early-career people to relocate or return to rural places.
This is a project of the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, the Ecosystem Workforce Program at the University of Oregon, the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Coos Watershed Association, and University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Funded by the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture under grant #2017-67023-26240.
Submissions from 2020
Bandon High School (OR), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Coos County (OR), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Coquille Jr./Sr. High School (OR), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Forest Hills Consolidated School (ME), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Greenville Consolidated School (ME), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Marshfield High School (OR), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Myrtle Point Jr./Sr. High School (OR), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
North Bend High School (OR), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Penquis Valley School (ME), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Piscataquis Community High School (ME), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Piscataquis & N. Somerset Counties (ME), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Powers Jr./Sr. High School (OR), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Sedomocha Middle School (ME), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo
Winter Lakes High School (OR), Mindy Crandall, Jessica Leahy, Nicole Bernsen, Jesse Abrams, Autumn Ellison, Alexa Carleton, and Liz Capodilupo