<p>Students pull branches from a pile to be passed down and thrown into the wood chipper.
</p><p>Seventy-three students from thirty-nine universities recently attended a week-long Alternative Break Citizenship School (ABCs) at Grand Canyon National Park. They learned about the park's fire management program by helping to prepare archaeological sites for future prescribed burns, pressure testing and rolling fire hose, monitoring pile burning, helping to remove downed trees and debris and doing mechanical thinning. These opportunities provided interested students the inspiration and tools to start a career with the National Park Service.
</p><p>When the students return back to campus they will share what they learned with other students who will be leading an alternative break (volunteer service) in the school-year 2016/2017.  They'll play an important role in recruiting students interested in participating in alternative break volunteer opportunities across the country. To learn more visit: &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://alternativebreaks.org/">http://alternativebreaks.org/</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;alternativebreaks.org/&lt;/a&gt;
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