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About the Conservation School
Information for Applicants and Parents
Scheduled Activities
Application
Frequently Asked Questions
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Lacawac Sanctuary
Sponsors
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2010 Youth Conservation
School
2010
Conservation School Agenda
Tentative Schedule of
Events:
All times and events are subject to change
without advance notice.
Sunday - August
1st
| 3:00 |
to |
3:30 |
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Check in and Room
Assignments |
| 3:00 |
to |
4:00 |
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Orientation to Lacawac
Janice Poppich - Director of Lacawac |
| 4:00 |
to |
4:15 |
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Introduction to the
Conservation School
Chris Wood - PCFSC |
| 4:15 |
to |
4:45 |
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Introduction to
Conservation
Richard Gross - US Fisheries Biologist (Retired) |
| 4:45 |
to |
5:15 |
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Administrative Program |
| 5:15 |
to |
6:15 |
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Dinner |
| 6:30 |
to |
8:30 |
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America's
Trout
Wayne Poppich - US Fish
& Wildlife Service |
| 8:30 |
to |
9:30 |
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Flyfishing and
Flytying
Pike-Wayne Trout
Unlimited |
| 10:00 |
- |
- |
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Lights Out! |
Monday - August
2nd
| 6:30 |
to |
7:30 |
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Wake Up, Clean Up, and
Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
to |
9:15 |
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Watersheds
Pike
County Conservation District |
| 9:15 |
to |
10:00 |
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Groundwater
Pike County
Conservation District |
| 10:00 |
to |
10:30 |
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Enviroscape Model
National Park
Service |
| 10:30 |
to |
11:00 |
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Bald Eagles / Birds of Prey
National Park
Service |
| 11:00 |
to |
11:30 |
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Reptiles and Amphibians
National Park
Service |
| 11:30 |
to |
12:30 |
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Lunch |
| 12:30 |
to |
1:30 |
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Maps
Pike
County Conservation District |
| 1:30 |
to |
3:15 |
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Orienteering
Pike
County Conservation District |
| 3:15 |
to |
4:15 |
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Wetlands
Pike
County Conservation District |
| 4:15 |
to |
5:00 |
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Leaf Print T-shirts
Pike
County Conservation District |
| 5:00 |
to |
6:00 |
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Animal Tracks
Pike
County Conservation District |
| 6:00 |
to |
7:00 |
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Dinner |
| 7:00 |
to |
9:00 |
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Wood Duck Nesting & Wood Duck Box
Building
Bob Engvaldsen - PCFSC |
| 9:00 |
to |
10:00 |
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Firearms and Range Safety
Loni Kuhn - PCFSC |
| 10:00 |
- |
- |
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Lights Out ! |
Tuesday - August
3rd
| 6:30 |
to |
7:30 |
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Wake Up, Clean Up, and Breakfast |
| 7:30 |
to |
8:00 |
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Review Itinerary and Travel Rules |
| 8:00 |
to |
9:00 |
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Bus
Travel to Gamelands # 180 |
| 9:00 |
to |
12:00 |
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Shohola Management Area
Pennsylvania Game
Commission |
| 12:00 |
to |
12:30 |
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Lunch |
| 12:30 |
to |
2:00 |
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Field Trip to Blooming Grove Trout Hatchery
Blooming Grove Fish &Game Club |
| 2:00 |
to |
2:30 |
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Bus
Travel to the Matamoras Rod & Gun Club |
| 2:30 |
to |
4:30 |
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Firearms Safety, Target Shooting, and Trap Shoot
Matamoras Rod
& Gun Club |
| 4:30 |
to |
6:00 |
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Cook Out |
| 6:00 |
to |
7:00 |
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Bus
Travel Back to Lacawac |
| 7:00 |
to |
8:30 |
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Whitetail Deer Management
Ron Tussel -
biologist |
| 8:30 |
to |
10:30 |
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Special Program |
| 10:30 |
- |
- |
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Lights Out |
Wednesday - August
4th
| 6:30 |
to |
8:00 |
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Wake up, Clean up,
Breakfast |
| 8:00 |
to |
9:00 |
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Bus
Travel to Forestry Sites |
| 9:00 |
to |
12:00 |
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Forest Management and Forest Fire Techniques
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Forestry |
| 12:00 |
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1:00 |
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Lunch |
| 1:00 |
to |
4:30 |
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Stream Habitat Improvement
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
Introduction to
Stream Macroinvertebrates
Pike County Conservation District
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| 4:30 |
to |
5:30 |
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Bus
travel back to Lacawac |
| 6:00 |
to |
7:30 |
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Dinner |
| 7:30 |
to |
9:00 |
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Administrative Program |
| 9:00 |
to |
10:00 |
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Frogs and Toads of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Richard Gross, US
Fisheries Biologist (ret.) |
| 10:00 |
to |
11:00 |
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Stars of the Northern
Hemisphere
Richard Gross, US
Fisheries Biologist (ret.) |
| 11:30 |
- |
- |
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Lights Out! |
Thursday - August
5th
| 8:15 |
to |
9:00 |
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Wake up, Clean up,
Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
to |
12:00 |
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Trapping
as a Conservation Tool
Pennsylvania Trappers
Association |
| 12:00 |
to |
1:00 |
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Lunch |
| 1:00 |
to |
4:30 |
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Boater Safety
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission |
| 4:30 |
to |
6:00 |
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Oddly
Odonate
PikeOdonata.com |
| 6:00 |
to |
7:15 |
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Dinner |
| 7:15 |
to |
8:45 |
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Biology
of the Wild Turkey
Lake Region Longbeards -
NWTF |
| 8:45 |
to |
10:30 |
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Oil +
Water + Wildlife = A Real Mess
Anita Richards |
| 10:30 |
- |
- |
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Lights Out ! |
Friday - August 6th
| 7:00 |
to |
8:30 |
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Wake up, Clean up, Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
to |
12:00 |
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Boaters
Safety (part II)
Pennsylvania
Fish & Boat Commission |
| 12:00 |
to |
1:00 |
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Lunch |
| 1:00 |
to |
2:00 |
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Boaters Safety (test)
Pennsylvania
Fish & Boat Commission |
| 2:00 |
to |
4:00 |
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Sewage
Management - Past, Present, & Future
Chris Wood, SEO |
| 4:00 |
to |
5:00 |
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Program
Wrap-up |
| 5:00 |
to |
7:00 |
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Clean up |
| 7:00 |
to |
7:30 |
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Dismissal |
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