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Conservation Education
Conservation Education
Conservation Education
Scholarship
Scholarship
Scholarship

Essay Contest Sponsored By:

Two educators will be awarded a scholarship to an eight-day conservation
education school at Safari Club International’s American Wilderness Leadership
School (AWLS) at Granite Ranch near Jackson, Wyoming. The AWLS program covers
many different aspects of conservation education. Lodging, meals and training materials will be provided by Okla-
homa Station Chapter Safari Club International. Transportation to Jackson, Wyoming, will be covered by the Oklaho-
ma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Educator applications are judged in categories such as:
 Training in conservation education or environmental education programs.
 Current programs you are conducting in your school and community with a conservation and environmen-
tal emphasis.
 Past programs you have conducted with a conservation and environmental emphasis.
 Teachers of state winners in the youth essay contest: Hunting: Sharing the Heritage, will receive priority
consideration.

The AWLS program is conducted during the summer. AWLS presents an outdoor program for educators which
concentrates on natural resource management and provides participants with a base knowledge from which they may
evaluate conservation efforts. Participants learn about stream ecology, map and compass, language arts and creative
writing in an outdoor setting, fly tying, shooting sports, wildlife management, the Yellowstone ecosystem, camping,
white-water rafting, educational resources and how to implement outdoor education ideas. Six sessions will be of-
fered June through August of 2020.

Les Baker Karen Bridges
Yukon Middle School Mustang Middle School
Phone: 405-354-5274 Phone: 405-376-2448
les.baker@yukonps.com bridgesk@mustangps.org

Congratulations Teachers, you are in for a stunning, spectacular treat in Jackson

Hole! Bring back lots of knowledge and spread it to our youth!!