The project includes field exploration for families, public lectures, and slide presentations on bird conservation for the community. This project addresses new science and geography standards by making available environmental education materials and information. Educational information distributed in newsletters encourages community members to adapt activities to be included in environmental education. This project educates teachers, pre-service teachers, and college students about environmental issues to improve their environmental education teaching skills. The target audience of this project is fourth grade teachers in Missoula County.
Workshops focus on topics related to biodiversity and involve local scientists.
The training provides the instructors the skills they need to teach in formal settings about environmental issues and to encourage environmental careers. The teacher training incorporates outdoor activities, mentorship by scientists, and action projects and teaches the participants how to integrate existing environmental curricula into their classroom programs. This project educates Gallatin County students and their families about ecological processes and interactions between owls and their community. To encourage wise stewardship, information based on scientific research is made accessible to the general public. The project also is tied to owl conservation and measures the effects of conservation on the health of the ecosystem in the community.