Shawnee National Forest hires local high school students

The Shawnee National Forest has initiated an experimental program this summer utilizing local high school students. Five Vienna High School boys have been working this summer through the Hidden Springs Ranger Station in Vienna to help repair and relocated worn out trails and creek crossings.

Dillon Hall, Garrett Mattox, Seth Adams, Michael Goines and Josh Loyd, are the first to participate in this program. They have been working with project supervisor Justin Dodson, now for six weeks. The program is a ten-week program. The six man crew has relocated or repaired miles of equestrian trails in the Lusk Creek Wilderness Area located near Eddyville in the northwest part of Pope County.

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