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4-H Natural Resource/Forestry Opportunities: Snohomish County

 

 

Building Rural Communities through Youth Education

 

Geographic Focus for 2007/2008

Darrington
Arlington
Trafton
Edmonds
Stanwood
Granite Falls

Forest and Salmon StewardS Programs Running 2007/2008
o Darrington Elementary and High School
o Darrington Family Support Center
o Stillaguamish Valley School (Arlington)
o Cedar Valley School (Lynnwood)
o Granite Falls Alternative High School
o Sultan and Gold Bar Boys and Girls Club along with Family Support Center
o Stanwood Family Support Center (in conjunction with ESL program)
o Monroe Boys and Girls Club

Highlights: Summer Youth Forestry Institute
Grant in Process!!! Please contact if interested
(gabrielle90@wsu.edu)

 

Curriculum:

In-school and After-School (depends on program)

  • Forest Ecology and forest management (wildlife, trees, native plants, soils, water)
  • Watersheds (salmon habitat and restoration of riparian and estuarine habitat)
  • Project WET and PLT, 4-H National Curriculum Council, USDA, USFWS, NPS

 

Our Local Forester Faculty, Kevin Zobrist measures the age of a tree

 

Restoration Partners:

    1. Cascades Land Conservancy
    2. Surface Water Management (Snohomish County)
    3. Conservation District
    4. Stillaguamish Tribe, Natural Resource Division
    5. Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force
    6. Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
    7. Snohomish County Parks and Recreation
    8. U.S. Forest Service
    9. Department of Natural Resources
    10. Adopt-A-Stream

Surveying the Forest

 

Deliverables:

  • Inquiry-based science learning
  • Enhanced ability to use scientific reasoning to make predictions, investigate and critically evaluate outcomes through reflection.
  • Group Building
  • Develop confidence in youth, particularly in under-privileged sectors of rural and urban sectors
  • Job skills and job opportunities.
  • Club formation—issue or events-based programming.
  • Contributions to local restoration projects that enhance local environment and community.

 

 Please Contact Gabrielle Roesch

600 128th Street

Everett, WA 98208

425-357-6011

gabrielle90@wsu.edu

For more information about Environmental Education, Climate Change and Educator resources in McCollum Park, check out our neighbor, Adopt-A-Stream, at http://www.streamkeeper.org/opportun/calendar.htm