Project WILD Workshops
Project WILD/Aquatic WILD workshops will be offered
throughout the year.
Basic WILD and Aquatic WILD Workshops offer professional development for educators statewide.
- Enhance and expand on your teaching skills
- Provide your students with hands-on, integrated activities
- Use award-winning, teacher-reviewed Project WILD Guides
- Meet New Mexico State Content Standards and Benchmarks
- Receive the most current revised Activity Guides
- Receive valuable teaching resources for your classroom
Enjoy a fun-filled day, a free workshop
and the company of peers!
Advanced Project WILD Natural History Workshops
Fishing The Rio Grande
What: Education Professional Development. Renew your energy and get new ideas to meet your curricula requirements and New Mexico Academic Standards. Learn how to fly fish and tie flies!
Highlights:
- River rafting (rated easy) with Far Flung Adventures,
- Learn flyfishing along the Rio Grande on Saturday; lunch is included,
- Instruction in flytying and flyfishing from our Aquatic Resources Education volunteers,
- Learn watershed and river health, conservation and relevance to wildlife and people,
- Get latest updates on reintroduced river otters with good chance of seeing otters or their sign,
- Learn about the geographic and cultural history of the area from BLM specialists,
- Learn Project WILD Aquatic activities and classroom applications on Sunday morning
Where: camping at Rio Bravo Campground group shelter, BLM Orilla Verde Recreation area located off NM 570 near the Rio Grande Gorge Visitor Center and Pilar, NM.
When: June 8-10, 2012
Friday, June 8, Start time 6:00pm
Saturday, June 9, morning launch from the Taos Junction Bridge
Sunday, June 10, classroom activities using Project WILD Aquatic 8:00am - 12:00 noon
Cost: The cost for the weekend is $90 per person, payable by check only. Payments must be received within a week of registering.
Payments should be mailed to: Far Flung Adventures, P.O. Box 707, el Prado, NM 87529
Pre-Registration Required: Contact Colleen Welch, Project WILD Co-Coordinator, 505-476-8119, colleen.welch@state.nm.us; or
Kevin Holladay, Project WILD Coordinator, 505-476-8095, kevin.holladay@state.nm.us
To complete your registration, you MUST send your payment to Far Flung Adventures.
Group Size: The group will be limited to 20 people. Receipt of $90 by Far Flung Adventures reserves your spot.
Wild Turkeys and Forest Ecosystems: Combining Field Research, Your Students and Citizen Science
What: Professional development for teachers in the beautiful, diverse White Mountains at 9,000 feet. Learn about wild turkeys and citizen science field techniques to meet NM Academic Content Standards.
Highlights:
- Learn about and search for spotted owls,
- Herp search with special focus on the Sacramento Mtn. salamanders,
- Small mammal live trapping
- Bird mist-netting and bird banding
- Bug lighting for insects at night
- Classroom activities using Project WILD and science notebooks
Cost: Free, no food provided.
When: July 20-22, 2012--Friday evening 6:00pm to Sunday 12:00 noon.
Where: Oak Grove Campground, White Mountains, Lincoln National Forest. Car camping; tent camping. No RV's over 18 feet.
Instructors: Kevin Holladay and Mark Madsen, NM Game and Fish-Project WILD; Larry Cordova, Lincoln National Forest biologist; Scott Lerich, National Wild Turkey Federation biologist.
Pre-Registration Required: Contact Kevin Holladay, (505) 476-8095, Kevin.Holladay@state.nm.us
Basic Project WILD or Growing up WILD Workshop
Project WILD Workshops
Plan your own school or group workshop training with the help of New Mexico Project WILD staff.
Workshops are typically 6 to 7 hours.
For more information, contact:
Kevin Holladay, (505) 476-8095 kevin.holladay@state.nm.us or Colleen Welch, (505) 476-8119, colleen.welch@state.nm.us
PLAN AHEAD: Why wait for a workshop? Schedule your own training now! We need a minimum of 25 participants.
Contacts
New Mexico Game and Fish
PO Box 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504
