01/03/2021
The ideal digital and distant learning experience for grades 4th-12th. The goal of this FREE event is simply to further develop life science knowledge, specifically focusing on wild sheep in North America while also introducing outdoor careers and teaching about several different conservation groups and methods for conserving wildlife as well as exciting youth about getting off the couch and into nature. Hosted from Reno, NV, this experience will utilize Zoom Webinars to bring experts from around the U.S. and Canada into teacher’s classrooms, as well as homeschooler’s and distant learner’s homes. Participants can join for the entire day or even a session or two. Presentations include: Meet the Sheep (NV), What is Wildlife Conservation? (NV), Keystone Elk Country Alliance (PA), Boone and Crockett Club (MT), Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation (CA), Ducks Unlimited (TN), Bear Dogs and their Use in Bear Management (NV), Living Your Outdoor Passions as a Career (Canada), The Wildlife Refuge System (NV), Wildlife Management Areas and Duck Banding (PA), National Wild Turkey Federation (WI), Careers at Nevada Department of Wildlife (NV), Starting Careers in Wildlife Management (PA and SD), Bighorns 101 (MT), Metal Detecting (NV), Imitating Insects: Tying Flies (NV), An Introduction to Backyard Bird Watching (NV), The Art of Fly Fishing (NV), Archery (NV), and Tools for Viewing Birds and other Wildlife (NV). To register, contact [email protected]
https://wildsheepfoundation.org
Ryan Brock, Ph.D
Youth Education Coordinator
(775) 846-8309
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