Uinta CountyConservation District
OUTREACH
Classroom and Youth Camps
Adopt A Rancher
Poster Contest
Scouting
Eagle Scouts
Community Workshops
Educator Workshops
We
will visit your classroom or youth camps for special events, or no
occasion at all! We can adapt a lesson to your needs, as long as
it relates to natural resources or agriculture. If you are in need
of resources, check out what we have: Ground Water Flow Model,
Enviroscape (model of a watershed), toolboxes of supplies for testing
water quality and other resources. We also have a few books on
Earth Day and natural resources.
If
you are a Uinta County teacher, your students can correspond with a
local rancher through our Adopt A Rancher program. From fall to
spring your classroom will interact with your rancher through letters
and pictures, and gain valuable knowledge about the ranchers
experiences. Each month there will be a new topic. Your
students will write letters to the rancher about each months topic, and
in turn the rancher will write back to the students answering their
questions. After a school year of corresponding with your adopted
rancher, we will host a "meet your rancher" field trip. This is a
great opportunity for your students to learn about agriculture in Uinta
County and gain hands-on information about life as a rancher. All
costs associated with this program will be sponsored by the Uinta County
Conservation District. If you are interested in learning more
about our Adopt A Rancher program, please give us a call at (307)
747-8224.
For additional information about the Adopt A Rancher program, please visit these links:
Keeping Working Lands Working
Fort Bridger Third Grade
Adopts the Hamilton Ranch
The
annual poster contest provides kindergarten through twelfth grade
students an opportunity to convey their thoughts about soil, water and
related natural resource issues through art. It also highlights
the educational outreach efforts of the conservation district.
Each year in the spring the poster contest begins, with posters due in
April. Be watching for backpack flyers!
Winners from the local contest will advance to the state level
competition and state level winners advance to the national contest.
For more information about the contest, please give us a call (307)
747-8224.
Poster Contest Flyer and
Poster Contest Entry Form. Additional information can be found at the
National Association of Conservation Districts
website.
UCCD supports the Environmental Science and Water and Soil conservation
badges. If your troop needs help completing these badges, email or
give us a call at (307) 747-8224.
Community Pack 52 of Evanston, Wyoming, marked storm drains in June of 2008 in Evanston
Does your group need to complete an Eagle Scout Project related to natural resources or environmental education? Do you have an idea, but need some help getting started? We can help! Email or give us a call at (307) 747-8223 with your ideas!
UCCD hosts natural resource and agricultural related workshops each year. Topics include rural living, soil and water, septic systems and much more! Ad this page to your favorites to stay updated on upcoming workshop
Stay tuned for details on upcoming workshops!
Each year the Uinta County Conservation District strives to host an educator workshop. The workshops generally consist of two full days of activities, and are no cost to the participant. Activities range from field trips to a local wind farm to macroinvertabrate studies on the river, Project WET WILD and Learning Tree and much more! All workshops will focus on natural resources and agriculture.
Workshops will provide a PTSB credit at no cost, and a University of Wyoming renewal credit. There is generally a fee for U.W. credits, participants will be notified of the cost of the U.W. credit. Meals, refreshments and materials are free! The 2011 workshop is scheduled for Jully 26 and 27, please check back for more details, or give us a call (307-747-8224) for more information regarding upcoming educator workshops!
-- Contact Us --
100 East Sage Street, P.O. Box 370, Lyman WY
82937
District Manager:
Kerri Sabey
(307) 747-UCCD (8223) -
email: ksabey@bvea.net
Education Coordinator: Briar Harris (307)
747-8224-email: bharris@bvea.net
Range Specialist: Oakley Ingersoll (307)
747-8225 -- Email:
oingersoll@bvea.net