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Reston Science Camp Finds a New Home
Sequestration means Reston Association can't use USGS in 2013.
Reston Association will be able to hold Science Camp this summer after all, just not at the U.S. Geological Survey.
RA told campers and their parents two weeks ago that the 2013 Science Camp - held for for 19 years at USGS' Reston headquarters - would be unable to take place at USGS due to budget cuts.
RA Camp Director Barb Beaver notified parents on Monday that camp will be held at Buzz Aldrin Elementary this summer.
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USGS said that it had to close its Visitors Center recently due to sequestration. If the Visitors Center was closed, camp could not be held there, a USGS spokeswoman said. Also, many of the USGS scientists who participated in the camp, which runs for four two-week sessions, could not participate due to furloughs.
Beaver told parents RA is in the process of finding scientists to help with programming.
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