Education

Great opportunities abound to become involved in important, on-the-ground wildlife habitat projects and in other types of learning about wildlife.

Workshops:

Recently, CWF offered workshops to help teach about the threat climate change poses to Colorado's fish and wildlife and what wildlife enthusiasts - hunters, anglers and viewers - can do to reduce the impacts on the state's wildlife resource. The workshops -- Wildlife at a Crossroads: Conserving Colorado's Wildlife Heritage and Promoting a New Energy Future -- allowed wildlife enthusiasts to explore ways we can respond to climate change and how it is affecting what we all care about - Colorado Wildlife's Future.

View excerpts from the powerpoints presented at the workshops or to order the complete powerpoint please contact CWF office by email at cwfed@coloradowildlife.org or by phone at (303) 987-0400.

Workshops were co-sponsored by Colorado Trout Unlimited, Audubon Colorado and REI (Denver Workshops).

Student Chapters of CWF:

CWF encourages college students who want to do more for wildlife to form a student chapter of CWF. Right now, we are forming a student chapter at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Our hope is that these students will become lifelong members or supporters as they become informed and empowered to participate in key wildlife issues. If you are interested in forming a student chapter, we will be pleased to offer guidance and expertise.

Educational Books about our Region:

Here is a new book for young children about wildlife in North Park (Walden area) Colorado. Karen Miller brings her work as an artist and knowledge of young children to this excellent book. Karen has been a teacher more than 30 years in the field of early childhood education as a teacher trainer, program director and author of 10 books on various aspects of child development and early learning.  She also is one of the founding members of the Green Otter Gallery in Walden, Colorado.  To contact Karen and to order this delightful book, call the Gallery at 970-723-3323 and tell her Colorado Wildlife Federation recommended her book.

CWF Offers Nature Education Programming for Grades K-12:

Program Choices

• Life on the Prairie: The wildlife, history and habitat of the Colorado prairie. View excerpts from "Life on the Prairie."
   
• Colorado's Life Zones: Compare and contrast adaptations and human use of habitat zones from the plains to the alpine areas.
   
• Wetlands: What is a wetland and what lives there? (Powerpoint coming soon!)
   
• Threatened and Endangered Species: A discussion of the history of individual species, the causes of species decline, what is done to help prevent listing and what can be done to help threatened and endangered species. View excerpts from "Threatened and Endangered Species."

The complete powerpoints can be ordered by emailing CWF at cwf@coloradowildlife.org or by calling the CWF office.

Certify your backyard for birds, butterflies and other wildlife:

Interested in certifying your backyard for birds and butterflies and other wildlife? Go to the National Wildlife Federation's program at www.nwf.org/affiliatehabitat.