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The Fish and Wildlife Department offers a variety of general education resources
to teachers and the general public. Below is a list of resources.
If you have any questions about the resources listed here, or you would like to
request that materials be sent to you,
please click here.
Backyard Wildlife Habitat In Vermont: A 48-page guide to attracting wildlife to
the backyard. The booklet is available by sending $3.00 to the Nongame Wildlife Fund,
Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, 103 So. Main Street, Waterbury Vermont 05671-0501.
Becoming an Outdoors Woman: Women age 16 and older have the opportunity to enjoy
a series of exciting outdoor recreation workshops and hands-on learning opportunities
just for them. Immerse yourself in a single outdoor pursuit, or sample a variety of
activities throughout the action-packed weekend. Becoming an Outdoors Woman is offered
each summer.
Educations Kits for Teachers and Their Students:
White-tailed Deer
Turkey
Endangered Species (fish, plants & wildlife)
Each kit designed by teachers for K-4, 5-8, 9-12 grade levels. Includes fact
sheets and activities such as vocabulary, word searches, discussion questions,
population charts, and graphs. The endangered species packet contains a colorful
poster.
Fact Sheets: Fact sheets on the life histories of white-tailed deer, wood
turtle, black bear, wild turkey, common loon, beaver, birds, amphibians, bobcat, muskrat,
fisher, eastern coyote, salmon, osprey, peregrine falcon, wetlands, wildlife tracking,
how to build a bluebird nesting box, and wild mammals of Vermont.
Film Library Videos and Slide Shows: relating to fish and wildlife are available
free to Vermont schools and groups. Videos include topics such as deer, wetlands, bear,
beavers, & turkeys. Many of our slide shows contain scripts and cover such subjects as
backyard wildlife, bats, bluebirds, migratory birds, loons, and endangered species.
For more information, visit our Video Library Page:
Green Mountain Conservation Camps: Camps are located at Lake Bomoseen in
Castleton and Buck Lake in Woodbury. Nine one-week sessions in June, July and August
are available for boys and girls ages 12-14. Curricula includes fisheries and wildlife
management, hunter/firearms training, archery, forestry, outdoor safety, fishing techniques,
and wetlands investigation.
Hunter Education: Using a fun, hands-on approach, Vermont's hunter education
classes go far beyond basic hunting skills. Graduates leave with a thorough understanding
of how to get a lifetime of enjoyment out of Vermont's natural resources.
Click here, for more information.
Let's Go Fishing: A hands-on curriculum that encompasses fishing techniques,
tackle craft, ethics, ecology, and fisheries management. Teachers can receive materials
free by attending an instructor training workshop. This is an excellent curriculum for
physical education teachers.
For more information contact:
Trish Pelkey
Let's Go Fishing Program Coordinator
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
PO Box 6004
Rutland, VT 05702
802-747-7900 802-747-7989 fax
or e-mail by Trish Pelkey [trish@gwriters.com]
Visit our Let's go Fishing WebPage
Get the Lead Out: As of January 1, 2007, it will be illegal to use a lead sinker weighing one-half
ounce or less to fish in Vermont. Many lead sinkers are similar in appearance to the small
stones and grit that birds swallow to aid in digesting food in their gizzard. Switching to lead- free tackle
will reduce the chance that loons and other waterbirds will swallow poisonous lead products that have
accidentally fallen into the water or that were lost while fishing.
Click here, for more information.
National Wildlife Week: The National Wildlife Federation provides an
excellent website. Information includes educator workshops, activities for grades K-12
in conjunction with the annual wildlife week theme, links to student clubs, school yard
habitat programs and interactive games. Be sure to check it out! www.nwf.org, click on "Environmental Education" and have fun exploring.
Natural Heritage Harmonies: Annual newsletter of the Non-game and Natural
Heritage Program, containing up-to-date findings on the status of many rare wildlife
species. To view current newsletters, click here.
Project WILD / Aquatic WILD: an interdisciplinary, supplementary, and
environmental education program that incorporates wildlife concepts and educational
skills. Free workshops for educators can be arranged for school districts.
Wildlife Management for Educators: A one-week course held during July for
teachers of all disciplines and grade levels. Educators interested in Vermont's fisheries
and wildlife learn first-hand from professional biologists, foresters and educators.
Three graduate credits available.
Fish and Wildlife 2008 Teachers' Course Scholarship:
The Vermont Bearhound Association is sponsoring four Vermont teachers to attend this course.
If you would like to be considered for one of these scholarships, please submit a 200-word written letter
addressed to:
Vermont Bearhound Association, c/o Teachers' Course
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
103 South Main St., Bldg 10So.
Waterbury, VT 05671-0501.
You can submit electronically to:
janet.finn@state.vt.us
Scholarships will be selected by June 1, 2008, unless more scholarship funds become available after that date,
and an additional scholarship or two may be awarded. The Vermont Bearhound Association will be looking for scholarship
applicants who have teaching experience, demonstrate how taking the course will benefit their students in the classroom
or school, have plans to improve part of their teaching in natural resources, and don't have alternative funding to
support attending this course. All letters submitted will be confidential.
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