Jan
5
Pheasants Forever (PF) and Quail Forever (QF) announce the organization’s first-ever regional Youth and Education Coordinator positions. Liz Roxberry of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, is the new PF/QF Youth and Education Coordinator in Michigan and Alison Brentzel of Grand Island, Nebraska, will join PF/QF in January as its Regional (Northeast Illinois) Youth Programs Coordinator.
Besides Michigan PF/QF chapters, the Michigan position was funded by a generous three-year donation from the Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn and the William Jr. “Tiny” and Dorothy Zehnder Family Foundation. The Illinois position is funded through cooperative efforts and vision of the Dubage, Kishwaukee, McHenry, South Cook and Tall Grass County PF chapters, and the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation.
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Dec
1
Wendy Cheek - Michigan State Coordinator
Wendy Cheek has been sharing her love of nature as an environmental educator leading summer camps, scout and family events, school groups, educator workshops and professional seminars for the past 18 years. She was first trained to facilitate LEP in Wisconsin in 1994, was state coordinator in Nebraska 1999-2003, and has been state coordinator in Michigan since 2004. She holds a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was awarded the LEP Educator of the Year Award in 2002, and the State Coordinator of the Year Award in 2006.
Wendy has been joyfully married for 16 years, and is the proud mom of two great kids. Together they enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, traveling, scuba and photography. Wendy also enjoys growing much of her family’s food in the home garden/orchard and restoring their 10-acre hobby farm for wildlife.
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