NATURE AWARENESS & SERVICE
Nature Awareness and Service is a youth education program catered to students in grades K-8. It is designed to help students learn techniques to understand and enjoy the nature in their neighborhood. It will help instill an early interest in conservation, foster scientific curiosity and build life-long stewardship of local natural areas.
NEW PROGRAM
Summer Service Learning Camps - These three day camps will expand on the components of TRK’s Nature Awareness and Service Learning program, awakening and nourishing the child’s innate awareness of the natural world. Participants will be exposed to numerous activities that will heighten their knowledge and awareness of the plants and wildlife within the Tualatin River watershed and the ecological connections between all members of the ecosystem. Activities include tracking, botany, ethnobotany, predator/prey, drumstalk, birding, and wildlife exploration. Participants will actively engage in activities on land and also on the river through paddling explorations. Fostering an appreciation and commitment toward the natural world, participants will facilitate their learning through a service project restoring an important area of the watershed.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Field Trip Leader Share your knowledge of the natural world in with students. Enthusiasm is a must!
Naturalist Lead outdoor field trips to students K-12, awaken their conscious to the wonders of the natural world.
Day Camp LeaderNew! Share your knowledge and passion for the natural world within the Tualatin River watershed with children in our new Summer Service Learning Camps.
Education Committee Member New! The Nature Awareness and Service Education program will transfer leadership from an AmeriCorps position to a community volunteer group. Please consider taking part in this important transition.
Contact Lori Kruse at lori@tualatinriverkeepers.orgor 503.620.7507 for more information.
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