Students in the Forest Technician program at Curlew Job Corps acquire a wide variety of skills preparing them for a career in forestry. Experience in wildland fire fighting, chainsaw operation, and tree climbing provide a foundation for many forestry jobs. Jim Beckwith, Forestry instructor at Curlew Job Corps, further expands his students’ job choices by offering them ample experience in the recreational aspects of forestry, including trail and campground maintenance.

Those that love to garden, and have been gardening for many years, usually have learned to grow a garden in rows, through what is called the old “plow method.” Thomas Jefferson created the Rectangular Survey System based on this very practice. 

But horticulture practices have been researched and improved over the years--sometimes quite by accident. The “raised beds method” is one such discovery which has gained extreme popularity.