Jun
19
If you’re looking for a mystical experience, check out the Leopold Center near Baraboo, Wisconsin. I am in town for the National Conference this weekend. First, I was blown away by the excellent green buildings they have! Beautiful! My head is still full from a day of interesting sessions. But on the way out was when the magic happened. I was driving along, wondering where the shack was, when a huge fox ran across the road. He went into the brush and doubled back behind where I had pulled over. I was craning my neck to see him as he went farther down the road, disappearing into the twilight. I giggled like a kid and when I turned back around, there was the shack, on my right, up against the edge of the trees. In the fading light… if that fox had not run across the road, I might never have seen it.
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Mar
12
From the Spring 2010 Edition of Strides available for download at http://www.lep.org/strides/
Photo U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
“The drama of the sky dance is enacted nightly on hundreds of farms, the owners of which sigh for entertainment, but harbor the illusion that it is to be sought in theaters. They live on the land, but not by the land.” – Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
By Celeste Prussia, Missouri LEP Coordinator
Finally. I’ve been listening for years. I even shot one 20 years ago from the daylight sky of an eastern Connecticut woodland when I knew very little about the “Timber Doodle” tumble. My self-imposed, lifetime bag limit for that species ended with that bird.
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Apr
28
For those of you who view educational workshops as just that, “WORKshops,” read below. At the end of our Facilitator Workshop in February in Akron, IA, we passed around a piece of paper and asked everyone to jot down just one thought left in their mind from their experience at the workshop. As the paper was passed around, each person was to only read the most recent entry and build on it with their own thoughts. Here is the end result:
Just a thought…
Leopold has been an influence on conservation and his legacy should be continued.
I look forward to taking Leopold’s legacy and sharing it with other children and educators.
I want to teach in a way that will have a greater meaning and a greater impact.
I have learned so much more about Leopold and the importance of this man who came from my hometown. I want to teach what I have learned to the students so they have a better appreciation of this “hometown boy” who did good things!
Every experience we have to learn is our chance to teach the next person. This weekend has added to my “drive” to make moments “teachable moments”
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Jan
21
Suzanne Smith Hirrel is an Extension Specialist/ Associate Professor – Environmental Management with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Since 1992, she has been developing and delivering educational materials and programs focusing on recycling, composting, urban stormwater and sustainability. She also delivers programs and training in environmental education such as the Leopold Education Project, Project Learning Tree and Waste in Place.
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Jan
19
Chris was born in Aldo Leopold’s hometown of Burlington, Iowa. He grew up hunting and fishing on the Mississippi River and its backwaters. He is the oldest of five, his siblings ranging in age from 23 to 9.
Chris graduated from Iowa State University in 2005 with B.S. in Animal Ecology and a minor in Forestry. Soon after graduation, he joined the Pheasants Forever team as a Farm Bill Biologist in Northeast Missouri. It was during that time that Chris got involved with LEP by attending his first Educator Training at the 2007 National Workshop and the newly opened Leopold Legacy Center in Baraboo, WI. From there, Chris attended both 2007 and 2008 Pheasant Fests where he helped in the Youth Village.
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