Kickapoo Schools Conservation Day

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KGLST Conservation Day

When/What:

The KGLST Conservation Day is set for Wednesday, May 15th.

Event Times

High School Students

8:00-8:30 Attendance, Travel to First Site

8:30-8:55 Site #1

9:00-9:25 Site #2

9:30-9:55 Site #3

10:00-10:25 Site #4

10:30-10:55 Site #5

11:00-11:45 Presenters Lunch, High School to 4th Hour

Elementary Students

12:00-12:25 Site #1

12:30-12:55 Site #2

1:00-1:25 Site #3

1:30-1:55 Site #4

2:00-2:25 Site #5

2:30-3:00 Help Presenters Clean Up Stations

High School AM Schedule

Red Group

Blue Group Green Group

DONNA FERREN-GUY (Site#1)

Soils

(Harger Earth Science 15)

BRIAN HILLERS (Site#1)

Soils

(Kast Ag Survey 17) KELVIN RODOLFO (Site#1)

Karst Topography

(Walter Chemistry 16)

MATT HANSEN (Site#2)

Forest Management

(B. Dums Geometry 15)

PATRICK DAYTON (Site#2)

Forest Management

(Krings Des. Power 16) DENNIS HUTCHISON (Site#2)

Forest Management

(Plate Math 21)

SCOTT WALTER (Site#3)

Wildlife Ecology

(Fargen PE 15)

JAY THURSTON / DARYL SKRUPKY (Site#3)

Creative Writing / Science

(Lee Spanish 13) LEN HARRIS (Site#3)

Trout Fishing

(Wallace English 21)

SUE BROTEN (Site#4)

Birds

(Gehrke Science 17)

DAN NEDRELO (Site#4)

Snakes

(Lorenz Algebra 14) JEAN DOWIASCH (Site#4)

Archeology

(Wiegel Civics 19)

RYAN KATONA (Site#5)

Fish Health

(Johnson Draw 8 Chemistry 6) SHAWNA STRINGHAM (Site#5)

Furs and Antlers

(Vinger- 8 Geometry 8 Spanish) DON BEIDERMAN (Site#5)

Trapping / Furs

(Vielhuber 5 Malphy SH 7)

Elementary PM Schedule

Red Group

Blue Group Green Group

DONNA FERREN-GUY (Site#1)

Soils

(Harger)

BRIAN HILLERS (Site#1)

Soils

(Dittman) KELVIN RODOLFO (Site#1)

Karst Topography

(Solverson)

MATT HANSEN (Site#2)

Forest Management

(Malphy)

PATRICK DAYTON (Site#2)

Forest Management

(Bentz) DENNIS HUTCHISON (Site#2)

Forest Management

(Lipski)

SCOTT WALTER (Site#3)

Wildlife Ecology

(Dunnum)

JAY THURSTON/ DARYL SKRUPKY (Site#3)

Creative Writing / Science

(Matthes) LEN HARRIS (Site#3)

Trout Fishing

(L. Vinger)

SUE BROTEN (Site#4)

Birds

(E. Johnson)

DAN NEDRELO (Site#4)

Snakes

(K. Johnson) JEAN DOWIASCH (Site#4)

Archeology

(Cade)

RYAN KATONA (Site#5)

Fish Health

(H. Johnson ) SHAWNA STRINGHAM (Site#5 )

Furs and Antlers

(Schlicht) DON BEIDERMAN (Site#5)

Trapping / Furs

(Dums/Geary)

[hookncook]

Looks like quite an event. I bet Jay Thurston is going to nail the creative writing part!

[Driftless]

Thinking about putting 3 trout on ice and taking them to the presentation and showing the proper way to clean trout.

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Kickapoo School had their K thru 12 annual conservation days yesterday. There were lots of presenters there. Warden Stringham from Vernon County attended. There were professionals there from water and soil. Other presenters were snake specialists and bird experts to name a couple. There were 12 stations. I had one of those stations.

Trout angling was my area of expertise. We covered all types of trout angling. Responsible harvest and selective harvest were touched on.

There was hands on knot tying and a pop quiz at the end to see if they were paying attention to my presentation. The first to answer correctly, I gave a panther martin spinner to. I gave 10 presentations and 10 panther martins were awarded.

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This puts me over 15,000 children I have spoken to in the last 3 years.

I do it for FREE.

My reward is like minded young anglers taking to the streams.

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I watched my dad mentor the young neighborhood kids in the backyard. He taught them hunting and fishing skills. He indirectly taught them how to be good citizens in his lessons.

The next generation of anglers and hunters need to be pried out from in front of the television and video games.

Have you done your part and taken a kid fishing or spoken at a school?????

Have you helped in the local coop trout stocking programs?

Have you talked a fishing tackle giant "Shakespeare" in to donating 20 FREE rod/reel combo to Trout Fest?

What have you done?

[hookncook]

I think the take away from all of this is that any good angler that is worth their salt engages in philanthropy in one form or another.

Everyone I know that promotes outdoor activities doesn't need to post their resume' on every turn of event.

There are four great groups that reside here in HSO that cater to youth and outdoor development KAMO, Wounded Warriors, MEO, and VOW. Shakespere and pure fishing offer fishing combos for youth activities. It's just a 10 minute phonecall and return of paperwork.

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What you do with the children and the community is worth a lot to them. What will make you a true conservationist is the day you do it for the kids and the community. Not to inflate your ego.