Scholarship Value: $3,000
Awards Available: 1
Award Deadline:
Mar 15, 2026
2026 PARC Environmental Stewardship Scholarship
Up to $3000 in Total Scholarship Awards
Contestants must be graduating high school seniors, and residents of Placer, Nevada or El Dorado Counties.
Scholarship Topic:
Students may apply for the PARC 2026 Environmental Stewardship Scholarship by either submitting an original video or essay describing their response to the following question about the North and Middle Fork American River canyons located upstream of Folsom Reservoir, in the Auburn State Recreation Area:
Why do you care about the American River and its canyons, and what should be done to help protect them for the future? Please describe any activities you have participated in related to the river or canyons.
PARC Scholarship Fund
Since 2013, PARC has offered a scholarship fund for local high school seniors in Placer, El Dorado and Nevada counties. Thanks to the generosity of supporters like you, PARC has awarded $34,000 in scholarship awards over the past 13 years.
We believe that our annual scholarship essay contest encourages and rewards critical thinking and involvement of our younger generation concerning the issues affecting our local American River watershed, and also provides a forum for high school students to express their personal views on these issues.
The scholarship contest is run entirely with volunteer labor, so 100% of donations to the scholarship fund go directly to student awards. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help ensure that we will be able to continue to offer the scholarship in future years.
Please help ensure that PARC will be able to offer scholarships to more of our deserving local students next year by making a tax-deductible contribution to the PARC Scholarship Fund
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State Recreation Area:
Why do you care about the American River and its canyons, and what should be done to help protect them for the future? Please describe any activities you have participated in related to the river or canyons.
Scholarship Rules:
- Contestants must be graduating high school seniors, and residents of Placer, Nevada or El Dorado Counties.
- Videos and essays may be emailed to: info@parc-auburn.org. Essays may also be sent by US mail to: PARC, P.O. Box 9312, Auburn CA 95604
- A completed entry form, available on PARC website, must be included with essay or video. https://www.parc-auburn.org/scholarship.html
- Essays must be original, typed and no longer than 500 words.
- Original videos must be submitted as an mp4 file and no longer than three minutes in length.
- Deadline for submission is March 15, 2026.
Selection of Scholarship Winners:
- Essays and videos will be judged on response to topic question and overall impact. Preference will be given to students who have engaged in environmental, educational, recreational or other stewardship activities related to the American River and its canyons.
- Winners will be invited to present their submission at a PARC event or will need to send a video of a reading of their essay.
- Winners will each receive a scholarship of $600 up to $1000 which may be applied toward any education-related expenses.
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Scholarship Value: $3,000
Awards Available: 1
Award Deadline: Mar 15, 2026