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12-05-2007, 08:50 PM
SCIF Announces 2008 American Wilderness Leadership School Schedule
12/5/07
Tucson, Arizona - The Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) proudly announces the 2008 American Wilderness Leadership School (AWLS) program schedule. SCIF is now seeking student and teacher applicants to attend AWLS at four sites throughout the United States. This program has successfully instructed 4,728 educators and 1,233 high school age students through its workshops.
In 1976, an effort to promote conservation through education and experience laid the foundation for the American Wilderness Leadership School program. The mission of the schools is to offer outdoor instructional education, concentrating on natural resource management while also providing participants a working knowledge of present and future conservation issues.
Each 7 and 8-day session is designed to provide successful applicants with challenging experiences in the fields of wildlife ecology, management and conservation, together with instruction in firearm safety, fly tying, wilderness survival, archery, outdoor interpretive techniques, Project WILD© and outdoor ethics. In utilizing a wilderness setting, participants are exposed to the skills necessary to have a safe, enjoyable learning experience in the outdoors. The cost of placing individual participants is $800 for high school students, as well as teachers and interested adults. The sponsor or parent is responsible for arranging round-trip transportation expenses.
Iowa: AWLS - Central, Springbrook Conservation Center; Guthrie, IA
Maine: AWLS - East, Greenland Point Center, Princeton, ME
Minnesota: AWLS - North, Laurentian Environmental Center, Britt, MN
Wyoming: AWLS - West, SCIF's AWLS site, Jackson, WY
The 8-day sessions scheduled for 2008include one student session, June 28-July 5 for ages 15-18, and six teacher/educator workshops, June 10-17, June 19-26, July 12-19, July 21-28, July 30-August 6 and August 8-15, at AWLS - West in Wyoming. One 7-day teacher session at AWLS - East, Maine, July 7-13, one 8-day session at AWLS - North, Minnesota July 20-27, and one 5-day session at AWLS - Central, Iowa ,July 21-25. As an option, teacher workshops at all four sites are available for graduate credit.
Learn more about AWLS and all SCIF opportunities for wildlife education at http://www.safariclubfoundation.org/. If you are interested in applying for a sponsorship by a local chapter, please visit www.safariclub.org (http://www.safariclub.org/), Chapters, Chapter Locater, to find an SCI Chapter in your area.
Media Contact:
Don Brown, Director of Education (520) 620-1220 Dbrown@safariclub.org
12/5/07
Tucson, Arizona - The Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) proudly announces the 2008 American Wilderness Leadership School (AWLS) program schedule. SCIF is now seeking student and teacher applicants to attend AWLS at four sites throughout the United States. This program has successfully instructed 4,728 educators and 1,233 high school age students through its workshops.
In 1976, an effort to promote conservation through education and experience laid the foundation for the American Wilderness Leadership School program. The mission of the schools is to offer outdoor instructional education, concentrating on natural resource management while also providing participants a working knowledge of present and future conservation issues.
Each 7 and 8-day session is designed to provide successful applicants with challenging experiences in the fields of wildlife ecology, management and conservation, together with instruction in firearm safety, fly tying, wilderness survival, archery, outdoor interpretive techniques, Project WILD© and outdoor ethics. In utilizing a wilderness setting, participants are exposed to the skills necessary to have a safe, enjoyable learning experience in the outdoors. The cost of placing individual participants is $800 for high school students, as well as teachers and interested adults. The sponsor or parent is responsible for arranging round-trip transportation expenses.
Iowa: AWLS - Central, Springbrook Conservation Center; Guthrie, IA
Maine: AWLS - East, Greenland Point Center, Princeton, ME
Minnesota: AWLS - North, Laurentian Environmental Center, Britt, MN
Wyoming: AWLS - West, SCIF's AWLS site, Jackson, WY
The 8-day sessions scheduled for 2008include one student session, June 28-July 5 for ages 15-18, and six teacher/educator workshops, June 10-17, June 19-26, July 12-19, July 21-28, July 30-August 6 and August 8-15, at AWLS - West in Wyoming. One 7-day teacher session at AWLS - East, Maine, July 7-13, one 8-day session at AWLS - North, Minnesota July 20-27, and one 5-day session at AWLS - Central, Iowa ,July 21-25. As an option, teacher workshops at all four sites are available for graduate credit.
Learn more about AWLS and all SCIF opportunities for wildlife education at http://www.safariclubfoundation.org/. If you are interested in applying for a sponsorship by a local chapter, please visit www.safariclub.org (http://www.safariclub.org/), Chapters, Chapter Locater, to find an SCI Chapter in your area.
Media Contact:
Don Brown, Director of Education (520) 620-1220 Dbrown@safariclub.org