The Never-ending Summer by Denny Olson The prospect of a coming summer has been very seductive, especially this year, with snow, rain and seasonal affective disorder every other day it seems. Like all good denizens of the northern forests, I’ve learned not to trust either the “when” or the “if” of its arrival, duration and…
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Education Committee News – May 2018
by Gail Shay Linne, Education Chair The FAS Education Committee has been busy these past two months evaluating the “Education Program Strategic Plan, 2015-2019” and planning for the next steps for the Chapter’s education program. The document is comprehensive and directly reflects FAS’s education programs. A copy of the Strategic Plan will be available on…
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by Gail Shay Linne, Education Chair The FAS Education Committee welcomes Flathead High School science teacher Renee Cordes to serve on our committee. Renee’s expertise and contact with educators along with her commitment to educating youth will enrich our committee’s work. Thanks, Renee for joining us. Our committee met March 5 to evaluate the 2017-18…
Read MoreConservation Educator’s Niche – April 2018
The Value of Solitude by Denny Olson “Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.” – Paul Tillich We are a social species, and for…
Read MoreConservation Educator’s Niche – March 2018
by Denny Olson I didn’t know it at the time, but I had a very lucky childhood. Actually, like most testosterone-riddled boys, I’m probably lucky to have survived it. I grew up in a tiny Minnesota town, about two blocks from what turned out to be the state’s first “wild and scenic” river. North on…
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Adopt-a-School Trunk Program and Call for Ambassadors by Gail Shay Linne, Education Chair The Education Committee formed a sub-committee to update our trunk program. We now have permanent storage for the trunks at Montana Fish and Game’s Lone Pine State Park facility, the trunks have been inventoried and items cleaned and organized, and formed the…
Read MoreConservation Educator’s Niche – February 2018
by Denny Olson We are about to transition into the traditional winter-spring conservation education schedule – Great Backyard Bird Count with at least two different schools, FVCC Senior Institute Birds of NW Montana for six weeks, four weeks of the Beauty of Birds class for the general public at Flathead High School (Wednesday evenings), Earth…
Read MoreEducation Committee News – February 2018
by Gail Shay Linne, Education Chair The Education Committee designed the ‘Adopt-a-School’ program during our January meeting. The program’s intent is to increase teachers’ access to the educational trunks so that students have the opportunity to learn about birds, conservation and local habitat. We hope Flathead Audubon members will adopt a school. Involvement can be…
Read MoreConservation Educator’s Niche – January 2018
by Denny Olson In Northwest Montana, there is a different feel to walking in the woods. When I first resettled here, I had years of both casual and intense experiences under my belt in the boreal forest wild, and as I began to know plants, animals and the inanimate geography of those places, I gradually…
Read MoreEducation Committee News – January 2018
by Gail Shay Linne, Education Chair The Flathead Audubon Society’s Education committee met on December 4, 2017. We reviewed education activities and explored ways to offer more programs to area senior groups. New programs for elders will be presented in upcoming general meetings. Denny Olson reported about Owen Sowerwine access and the cottonwood tree regeneration…
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