Environmental YOUth Connections

Brochure Powerpoint

Photos Park Pictures (ppt), Slide Show of Parks, Park EYC Pictures
Youth favorite places – 4H http://www.youthfavoriteplaces.org/

Lesson Plan Form - word - pdf

• Dissolved Oxygen at Riverside Park Map , reserve kit (recommended 3rd grade thru high school)
• Animal Shelters, map, reserve kit
• Unnatural Trail, map, reserve kit
• Aquatic Invertebrates, map, reserve kit
• Frogs and Toads, map, reserve kit
• Forest Plots
• My Tree
• Walking on Water - The Water Strider at Clintonville School Forest
• Animal Tracks in Winter map, reserve kit
• WI Lakes-AIS (PPT) (1.34 MB)
• An exploration of personal history, plants and pond life; WLC 4th Grade Class visits at Hartman Creek State Park
  Map and Trail Guide to Hartman Creek State Park

Waupaca County Environmental Sites - Explore and Discover Map

• Hartman Creek State Park, Map
• Waupaca County Parks
  Lowney-Rohan, Pauer, Vic-to-Rae, Sturgeon Trail,
• Waupaca
  Waupaca School Forest (north of Brainerds Bridge), Waupaca Chain of Lakes (natural area), Waupaca Learning Center (river trail), Waupaca High School (trail and forests)
  City of Waupaca Park and Rec Website, Riverside Park, Brainerd's Bridge, River Ridge Trail Map, Description, South Park, Swan Park, Oz Park, Riverview Park, Shambeau Park
• New London
  New London School Forest
  City of New London Parks
• Clintonville -
  Clintonville School Forest
  City of Clintonville Parks
• Weyauwega
  Weyauwega School Natural Area
  City of Weyauwega Parks
• Marion
  City of Marion
• Iola and Scandinavia
  Iola-Scandinavia School Forest
  Villages of Iola
  Village of Scandinavia

Environmental groups and helpful links

Connecting our youth to the environment...We aren't the only ones that think it is a good idea.
Chemists Celebrate Earth Day – from the American Chemical Society http://acswebcontent.acs.org/earthday/splash/content/index.html
DNR ground water education http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/dwg/gw/education/2010announcement.pdf
DNR Project Wet, Project Wild, and Project Learning Tree http://www.dnr.wi.gov/education/pltwildwet/
Ducks Unlimited –conservation page http://www.ducks.org/conservation/
Environmental education Information and teaching resources http://www.eeweek.org/
Kindergarten and 1st grade outdoor activities with Curious George theme http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/parentsteachers/activities/
Mosquito Hill website and Map http://www.mosquitohill.com/; http://www.mosquitohill.com/location.htm
National Audubon Society, http://www.audubon.org/educate/aa/
Nature Conservancy, http://www.nature.org/
Navarino Website and Map http://www.navarino.org/; http://www.navarino.org/maps.htm
Pheasants Forever Education - No Child Left Indoors http://www.pheasantsforever.org/page/1/EducationSection.jsp
Resources to Celebrate Earth Day everyday http://www.earthday.net/
Tree ID cards http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/LEAF/Students/tree_id.aspx
Tree Dichotomous Key: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Treekey/tkframe.htm
Trout Unlimited website homepage http://www.tu.org/site/c.kkLRJ7MSKtH/b.3022897/k.BF82/Home.htm
Trout Unlimited's New Youth Website http://www.streamexplorers.org
WCEE Global Environmental Teachings http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/get/
Whitetails Unlimited website http://www.whitetailsunlimited.com/session_043759616e23/
Whitetails Unlimited Educational Booklets http://www.whitetailsunlimited.com/programs/educational_booklets/session_043759616e23/
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/

Workshop Invitations and College Credits

Environmental Education in Wisconsin - network website http://www.eeinwisconsin.org/net/content/news.aspx?s=0.0.0.2209
WCEE Online course on sustainability and society http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/get/OnlineCourses.asp

Resource People

Ice Age Trail Alliance, Eric Sherman, eric@iceagetrail.org
School Forest Specialist, Gretchen Marshall, gretchen.marshall@uwsp.edu
Wisconsin EE Resource Librarian, Susan Schuller, susan.schuller@uwsp.edu

Books

Environmental Education Resource Library annotated bibliographies http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/library/bibs.htm
Henry David Thoreau, http://www.transcendentalists.com/1thorea.html
John Bates, http://www.manitowish.com/NWComp.html
John Muir, http://www.nps.gov/JOMU/index.htm
Last Child in the Woods (saving our children from a nature-deficit disorder), Richard Louv, http://richardlouv.com/
Lewis and Clark, http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/ or http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/
Silent Spring, Sense of Wonder, Books by Rachel Carson http://www.rachelcarson.org/

STAFF

If you have any questions regarding 4-H Youth Development in Waupaca County, please contact:

Connie Abert - UW Extension 4-H Youth Development Faculty
Waupaca County - Courthouse, 811 Harding Street
Waupaca, WI 54981-2087
Phone: 715-258-6230
Fax: 715-258-6232
Email: connie.abert@ces.uwex.edu

Kristi Jackson, EYC Coordinator
811 Harding Street
Waupaca, WI 54981-2087
Phone: 715-256-0871
Email: rockyacres@pitnet.net