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The Council for Environmental Education and Flying WILD are hosting a
conference titled "Bird Education through Conservation: A National Gathering." The
meeting will be held from February 5-8 in Austin, Texas, at the Crossings
(_www.thecrossingsaustin.com_ (http://www.thecrossingsaustin.com/) ), a
beautiful retreat center adjacent to the Balcones Canyon Land Preserve. The purpose
of the meeting is to provide a forum for discussion, network building, and
planning to further the reach of bird education efforts in North America.
The goals of the conference are to:
- Initiate the development of a national bird education network,
- Highlight the most critical messages to be communicated through bird
education efforts,
- Share success stories in bird conservation education through case studies
and interactive discussions, and to
- Examine outreach to diverse audiences as a priority goal within bird
conservation education and share successful methods for involving diverse
audiences in bird education.
Those participating in the conference will include directors, administrators
and educators from numerous organizations involved in bird conservation and
education--such as government agencies, conservation organizations,
zoos/aquariums, museums, nature centers, school districts, Audubon centers,
businesses, NGO's and nonprofit groups at the national, state and local levels.
The deadline for early bird registration is January 8th. More information
and registration forms are available at
_http://www.flyingwild.org/BirdEducationConference.htm_ (http://www.flyingwild.org/BirdEducationConference.htm) .
Marc LeFebre
Sr. Coordinator, Flying WILD
Council for Environmental Education
5555 Morningside Driver, Suite 212
Houston, Texas 77005
p/713-520-1936
f/713-520-8008
_www.flyingwild.org_ (http://www.flyingwild.org/)
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