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WETSHOP 2012
Dates: July 8 – 13, 2012
Location: LDWF Marine Research Lab, Grand Isle, LA
Application Deadline: May 20, 2011
Number of Participants: 20 teachers
Contact: Angela Capello, (318) 748-6999, acapello@wlf.la.gov
Registration fee: $50.00
WETSHOP is:
- A week-long, dynamic teacher workshop that allows teachers to work with educator/scientists to learn about Louisiana coastal wetlands, issues and history. The focus of the summer workshop is to create wetland stewards of teachers in order for them to educate co-workers and students in their home parishes about coastal land loss. Fifty-five professional contact hours will be accrued upon the completion of this wetland institute.
- Implementation of a six hour wetland dissemination workshop in your parish after completion of the summer workshop.
- Teacher stipend available for summer workshop and dissemination workshop during AY.
Workshop Highlights
Experience:
- Fisheries management; research trawling, seining
- Barrier islands and their role in coastal health
- Coastal Botany & Ornithology (visit Brown Pelican rookery)
- Water Quality Testing along fresh to salt water gradient
- Visit transitional Coastal Ecosystems
- Tour one of the largest oil ports in U.S.
- Visit coastal restoration site / Oil Spill impact sites
- Invasive Species (role in coastal land loss)
Receive:
| Wonders of Wetlands Teacher Guidebook | Numerous Classroom Resources |
| Networking with Wetland Scientists | Up to 55 Professional Contact Hours |
