New York Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK)
http://www.adk.org

Bill Brosseau, Trails Director
PO Box 867
Lake Placid, NY 12946

518-523-3441

High school projects offer a combination of trail work and learning, with one day set aside for an educational hike. Volunteers between the ages of 16 to 18 are encouraged to register.

(note - you have to dig a bit on the site to find the details)
The trail crews are a week long and the fee covers food, lodging and instruction. Its a great way
for teens to appreciate the trail, to meet new peers and to have a great time.
The fee is $125.
 
 
 

Minnesota Indianhead Council, BSA
http://www.indianhead.org

There are many hiking opportunities and construction projects underway in Minnesota (and nearby states) that are suitable for Scouts. The North Country Trail Association and Indianhead Council coordinate these projects.

A select number of young men and women at least 16 by arrival date, but not yet 21, will be selected to carry out vital conservation projects and necessary trail building at Philmont. The crews are not co-ed. This program is absolutely FREE (the only cost is transportation to and from Philmont). Limited to older Scouts and Explorers, a Philmont Trail crew spends 18 days at a backcountry work project. Upon completion of their project, Trail crew members then take a 12 day trek that they plan themselves under the leadership of experienced conservation staff, their Trail Crew foreman. After their 28 days at Philmont their foremen evaluate the participants, this eval will go into a permanent file at Philmont that would be look at if they ever apply to work there. Their are two sessions per year, one from approximately June 15 to July 12 and another from July 19 to August 14. Their are also about 9 OA Trail Crew sessions per summer.

SCA's High School Conservation Work Crew Program offers a unique opportunity for 16- to 19-year olds to work for about a month in magnificent outdoor settings on public lands. Teamed with six to 10 fellow students from across the nation under the direction of skilled SCA crew leaders, participating high school students increase their understanding of the environment and expand their horizons. No experience is necessary; just a willingness to roll up your sleeves and be committed to working with others. Volunteers live in tents near the worksite, often several miles from a road and far from the interference of area visitors.

Landmark Volunteers is a non-profit summer service organization for high school students. If you are fourteen and a half years of age, entering 10th, 11th or 12th grade and are looking for an opportunity to do something for others, to expand your world through community service, to give something back to society, you might qualify as a Landmark Volunteer.The program offers you the opportunity to spend two weeks working at one of several important historical, cultural, environmental or social service institutions.

http://www.efn.org/~nyc/tnt.html

Teens-n-Trails is a program of Northwest Youth Corps, a nonprofit job training, employment, and youth development organization established in 1983. The T-n-T serves teens between the ages of 14 and 15 from all ethnic and economic backgrounds. Participants spend four weeks camping out, backpacking, and working on trail maintenance projects in an outdoor setting.