K-12 Outreach

LRCD continues to reach out to hundreds of children every year though the following formal and informal programs:

 

Do your part to help clean up the earth!

our outreach activities. LRCD offers free “Conservation Kids” programs throughout the year to provide an opportunity for both children and adults to learn together about our environment and nature and the impacts our actions have on our natural resources. We are able to provide many of these programs with the assistance from community members.

 

Outdoor Science Camp

LRCD teamed up with Laramie Parks and Recreation and provided two separate weeks of summer science camps. Some of the programs included were solar and wind power demonstrations, nature hikes, water and aquatic insects sampling, bee pollination, insect collecting, owl pellet dissection, and a field trip to the Botanical and Children’s Village.

Youth Education Conservation Kids Programs

 

Environmental education and recreation programs continues to be at the heart of

Indian Paint Brush Students

St. Laurence School Project

Last Modified on January 30, 2012

Left: Lab School Students

Right: Ag Expo Poster Contest Winners                        .

School District Involvement

LRCD will team up with other organizations such as Wyoming Game & Fish Department, US Forest Service, Wyoming University, State Forestry to provide educational programs to Albany County School District to enhance classroom curricula. Occasionally schools from other counties will travel to Laramie for some of these educational opportunities.

 

St. Laurence Elementary began a bird study in their 5th grade and completed the program in the 6th grade by building and  installing bird houses along the Greenbelt.

 

Indian Paint Brush students are learning about watersheds and the impacts humans can have on the environment.

 

Lab School 4th and 5th grade students celebrated Earth Day by picking up several bags of trash along Spring Creek.

 

LRCD provides Conservation Kids Programs, free of charge.

 

Contact Trish Penny for more information 721-0072.

LRCD hosts the annual Ag Expo poster contest each year. This year‘s focus was the importance of a healthy diet, good nutrition and variety. The stream trailer is used to explore watersheds, riparian areas and how erosion can affect our water quality.