Save the Dates for
BatsLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure
BatsLIVE is
hosting three web seminars for teachers, non-formal educators, and adults as
part of BatsLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure. The webinars are being offered
in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation.
- On April 18 (during National
Environmental Education Week) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. ET, learn about “Bat Basics”
and the importance of and threats to bats and how to attract bats to your
habitat. Presenters include: James
Eggers, director of education for Bat Conservation International; Ann
Froschauer, national White-Nose Syndrome communications leader for the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service; and Apple Snider, a wildlife biologist with the USDA
Forest Service.
To register, go to http://online.nwf.org/site/Calendar?id=105901&view=Detail
- On May 3, experts will provide
teachers and others with lessons and activities to use in the classroom and in
the field. Presenters include: Rob Mies, founder and executive director of the
Organization for Bat Conservation, and Dennis Krusac, endangered species
specialist with the USDA Forest Service
To register, go to http://online.nwf.org/site/Calendar?id=105902&view=Detail
- On October 11, learn about cave and
karst topography. Presenters include: Cynthia
Sandeno, National Cave and Karst Coordinator for the USDA Forest Service; Carol
Zokaites, chief of environmental education for Virginia State Parks and
national coordinator of Project Underground; and Dr. Rick Toomey, director of
the Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning.
To register, go
to http://online.nwf.org/site/Calendar?id=105903&view=Detail
For more
information on all of the webinars, go to http://batslive.pwnet.org/resource/webinars.php.
Also, save
the date for a
This program
is interactive and students will be able to send in their questions by e-mail
to be answered by experts. Join us at http://BatsLIVE.pwnet.org.
Questions? Contact Kristy Liercke at lierckkx@pwcs.edu or by calling (800)
609-2680. Please share this announcement
with your colleagues.
BatsLIVE is
brought to you by the USDA Forest Service, Prince William Network, and many other
sponsors and partners including:
-- Partners
in Resource Education
-- National
Environmental Education Foundation
-- U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
-- Bureau of
Land Management
-- Lubee Bat
Conservancy
-- Bat
Conservation International
--
Organization for Bat Conservation
-- Western
Bat Working Group
-- Midwest
Bat Working Group
-- National
Park Service
-- National
Wildlife Federation
-- Project
Underground
-- Virginia
Department of Conservation and Recreation
-- National
Cave & Karst Program, United States Forest Service
-- Year of
the Bat
-- EUROBATS