Youth Education Programs

Educational programs for school children continue to be the heart of our outreach activities.    Our association with local schools and close affiliation with the Wyoming Children’s Museum and Nature Center create a high demand for programs throughout the year .

Conservation Kids Workshops

LRCD sponsors Conservation Kids workshops.  These workshops are free to the public and are designed to help children and adults understand the importance of caring for natural resources today and how that will benefit future generations.  These presentations were also made available to the school districts to enhance classroom curricula.

Topics for the year included:

·  Mapping, GPS and Compassing

· GPS Caching

· Gardening

· Worm and Heat Composting

· Honey Bees and Pollination

· Birds, Bugs and Gardens

· Edible Plants

· Edible Bugs

· Stewardship

· Circle of Earth

· Water Sampling

· Macroinvertebrates

· Water Sheds and Erosion

·  Fish Biology & Fish Dissection

· River Structure Design for Fish Habitat

· Native Wyoming Snakes

· Tiger Salamanders

· Toad vs. Frog

· Star Gazing with Telescopes

· Range Management

· Animal Nutrition

· Stomach Dissection

· Mosquitoes

· Ferrets

· Pikas

· Ferrets

· Archery, Canoeing , Knot Tying, and  Fly Fishing

 

 

2007 Albany County Ag Expo

Approximately 350 third and fourth grade students attend the Ag Expo every year to learn about all the contributions agriculture makes to our every day lives.  LRCD sponsors a poster contest to help convey the importance of agriculture.  This year’s theme was “Agriculture, It’s What’s for Dinner.” Out of 236 poster entries LRCD and the Albany County Cow-Belles selected the following three Champion winners: Brett Montgomery, Grand, Savannah Lockard, Reserve, and William Wood, Superior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trish Penny and Terri Jones used the stream trailer to teach students about watersheds, erosion and riparian areas.