Join students from across the country to discuss climate adaptation and related environmental issues impacting Native peoples. The mission of the Native Youth Community Adaptation Leadership Congress (NYCALC) is to develop future conservation leaders with the skills, knowledge, and tools to address environmental change and conservation challenges to better serve their schools and home communities. This annual gathering is held at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virgina..

Photos by U.S. Fish and Wildlife

This program is created in partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Forest Service, and New Mexico Wildlife Federation.