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WI DNR Photo - Teachers learning value of Environmental Education

Education ad hoc
Technical Section

(Education ad hoc is combining with Recreation into OREIT)

Chair - Cindy Samples - USFWS
507-494-6216


Action Plan for Education ad hoc Technical Section

Would you like to host a Ramsar 10/10/10 event?
What is a Ramsar Site?
Where are some Ramsar locations?


Hosting an event means doing one or more of these things with 10 people:

- pick up 10 lbs. of trash
- pull 10 lbs. of invasive species
- identify 10 birds
- identify 10 plants
- list 10 reasons why you love this place
- name 10 different types of wetlands
- spend 10 minutes admiring the landscape
- learn 10 new facts about wetlands
- catch 10 fish
- meet 10 new people

A photo should be taken at the event and sent to: uppermississippiriver@fws.gov by October 12, 2010 to be included in the video presentation about the Upper Mississsippi River Floodplain Wetlands of International Importance.

Not interested in hosting?
You can attend one of the many events hosted along the
Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Wetlands of International Importance.
Find an event site

Fishing Line Recycle

Created by Friends of the Upper Mississippi Wildlife & Fish Refuge


Contact:
Cindy Samples - USFWS
507-494-6216

 

Fishing Line Recycle Tube
Environmental Education Resources
Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee
UMRCC Coordinator Scott Yess
555 Lester Avenue
Onalaska, WI 54650
Last Update: July 12, 2010