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Press Release – Wildlife Leadership Adventures for teens!
Release Contact: Gail Farmer, 610-756-3194; gfarmer@piceweb.org
Photos available upon request.
The Wildlife Leadership Adventures is a new summer experience for Pennsylvania teens interested in wildlife and the outdoors. This cooperative program, administered by the Pennsylvania Institute for Conservation Education (PICE), brings together the biological expertise of the Ruffed Grouse Society, PA Game Commission, Penn State, Audubon PA, Quality Deer Management Association and other partners, for five day residential field camps for high school students.
Each intensive, science-based camp focuses on a single wildlife species as a springboard for exploring ecological concepts and management issues, as well development of leadership skills such as public speaking, critical thinking, and team work. Youth will learn through hands-on field experiences how to track wildlife, identify native plants, evaluate habitat quality, use radio telemetry to study wildlife, give radio and television interviews, and much more. Both Camps will be located at Juniata College’s beautiful, state-of-the-art Raystown Field Station on the shores of Lake Raystown in Huntingdon County .
We are looking for highly motivated y
outh (ages 14-17) who have an interest in wildlife and the outdoors. We have scholarship funds available to help any youth interested in participating who may need financial assistance in order to attend the camps. For more information visit www.PICEweb.org click on the Youth Programs hyperlink; or contact the Program Coordinator, Gail Farmer, gfarmer@piceweb.org.
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Ruffed Grouse Society Teams Up with Institute for Conservation Education for “Pennsylvania Drummers”
State Bird and State Mammal Featured in 2 New Camps
After four successful years of the Ruffed Grouse Society’s “Grouse Camp”, RGS has teamed up with the Pennsylvania Institute for Conservation Education (PICE) on an expanded program called “Pennsylvania Drummers” for kids ages 14-17. The Camp maintains the biological expertise of the Ruffed Grouse Society, PA Game Commission, DCNR, Penn State and other partners, but adds critical administrative and educational expertise uniquely provided by PICE.
“Even though the Grouse Camp has been very successful, PICE is the component we’ve needed to really get the Camp to the highest level”, noted Mark Banker, Senior Biologist for the Ruffed Grouse Society who has coordinated the Camp on behalf of RGS in the past, “PICE has stepped in and taken control of the day-to-day administration of the Camp so RGS and other partners can focus on giving kids an experience they will never forget. Without PICE, this Camp is not possible”.
Pennsylvania Drummers is one Camp under the umbrella of PICE’s new Wildlife Leadership Adventure program, which also includes Pennsylvania Bucktails, a Camp focused on white-tailed deer. The Wildlife Leadership Adventure brings together Pennsylvania’s top wildlife professionals and high school students for five day residential field camps. Both Camps continue to be funded primarily by the R.K. Mellon Family Foundation.
Pennsylvania Drummers (ruffed grouse camp)
July 16-20, 2007 Raystown Field Station, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
Contact: Gail Farmer, PICE, 610-756-3194; gfarmer@piceweb.org
Mark Banker, RGS, 814-867-7946; rgsbank@comcast.net
Pennsylvania Bucktails (white-tailed deer camp)
July 9-13, 2007 Raystown Field Station, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
Contact: Gail Farmer, PICE, 610-756-3194; gfarmer@piceweb.org
Both Camps will be centered at Juniata College’s beautiful, state-of-the-art Raystown Field Station on the shores of Lake Raystown in Huntingdon County .
Each intensive, science-based camp focuses on a single wildlife species as a springboard for exploring ecological concepts and management issues, as well as for developing hunting and shooting prowess along with leadership skills such as public speaking, critical thinking, and team work. Youth will learn through hands-on field experiences how to track wildlife, identify native plants, evaluate habitat quality, use radio telemetry to study wildlife, give radio and television interviews, and much more. We are looking for highly motivated Pennsylvania youth (ages 14-17) who have an interest in wildlife and the outdoors. For more information visit www.PICEweb.org click on the Youth Programs hyperlink; or contact the Program Coordinator, Gail Farmer, gfarmer@piceweb.org.
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