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~2013
What: Educators' Professional Development. Renew your energy and get new ideas to meet your curricula requirements and Next Generation Science Standards plus Common Core 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 experts in the field
- Learn about 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, including acequias
- Learn new activities and classroom applications on Sunday morning
Where: camping at Taos Junction Bridge Campground group shelter, BLM Orilla Verde Recreation area located off NM 570 near the Rio Grande Gorge Visitor Center and Pilar, NM.
When: June 7-9, 2013
Friday, June 7, Start time 6:00pm-evening activities at group shelter
Saturday, June 8, morning river-launch from the Taos Junction Bridge-on the Rio Grande most of day with multiple stops for fishing and lunch.
Sunday, June 9, field investigations to use with students 8:00am - 12:00 noon
Cost: No cost for training or camping (compliments of BLM Taos Field Office). Rafting fee is $90.00 and includes lunch.
Make payment by check or credit card to Far Flung Adventures, POB 707, El Prado, NM 87529; 1-800-359-2627.
Pre-Registration Required: Contact Colleen Welch, 505-476-8119, colleen.welch@state.nm.us
More 2013 Summer and Fall Professional Development for Educators: Announcements Coming Soon
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
