Show To Know Get Involved In It don't really learn much about the environment unless you become totally involved in said Vern Regional Environmental Education Director for the U. S. Forest efforts in the Forest he directed toward changing passive concern into responsible New methods on involvement have been developed to do this Environmental education is the process that makes people aware of dependence on the total It is designed to motivate each person to accept his responsibility for the quality management of the outdoor TO BE the program needs realistic learning experiences to help participants make intelligent decisions about the world in which they according to Techniques have been developed that involve the in observing and collecting interpreting the and then coming up with valid conclusions about the ONE PRIME objective is to develop problem skills in the As an students may collect aquatic insects in a stream and identify the life forms from Based on tables and the insect species they can predict the water temperature and amount of dissolved Then they confirm their findings by actually testing the She You are positively the worst dancer I ever He it's something to know that I in that respect at ANOTHER interesting part of a stream study involves the students in measuring the depth and velocity of a stream and then calculating the number of people who could live off the amount of Fridley pointed out that the environmental education job is too large for any one agency or group to Federal and State and civic groups are working IN MANY areas throughout Uie Intermountain environmental education advisory made up of members from Uiese groups have been form ed to the educational t The main to has been the educational we can reach all the young people on a planned Fridley get the most from our our top priority is to train teachers in the same involvement techniques that they will use with their More teacher workshops are planned in the Intermountain Region this year to meet the increasing he with other agencies and educators we can help students become thoughtful decision-makers with for the world in which they said they will have both the motivation and skills to make positive contributions to the management of a quality ACCORDING to Boyd local and member of the Lions we are experiencing an unusually heavy population of skunks in our area and this summer is expected to be the worst There are no natural predators of skunks in our such as the or and the skunk population goes in so the combination of the cycle and no natural predators is causing a serious problem for residents of Davis County and other Utah THE MAIN concern with the overpopulation of skunks is the danger of as they are frequently known to be carriers of The Lions Club sponsored rabies clinic last fall was in an effort to ease the danger of house pets becoming and it was the proceeds from this clinic that were used to purchase the skunk traps and tranquilizer The trap is an attracting the animal to the end of the trap with fish or where the animal trips the mechanism as it attempts to eat the Once the animal is trapped in cannot raise its therefore rendering it harmless to its A skunk must raise its tail in order to release its THE BAIT used is non so a household pet or other small cannot be killed if accident-ly entering the The skunk is disposed of by using the tranquilizer gun before removing from the trap or with an injection of a drug to kill The traps are available to anyone who wishes to use They are under the supervision of Officer Kone of the Bountiful Police Anyone needing the traps should call Officer There is no charge for their and Officer Kone will take full responsibility for disposing trapped |