Wonders of Wildlife Docent Training

Spring 2012 N.H. Docent Training Schedule                                   

Training sessions will be held at N.H. Fish and Game Headquarters, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301.  All sessions will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with variable start times. The daily agenda is subject to change.

Day 1: Thursday, April 12, 2012 (1:30 pm – 8:00 pm)

Welcome, ice breaker and introductions

Program and volunteer expectations

Mission of N.H. Fish and Game; its divisions and responsibilities, and its main funding sources:  (Fish and Game staff:  Randy Curtis, Liza Poinier)       

Biodiversity of the Granite State (Judy Silverberg)

Day 2: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 (1:30 pm– 8:00 pm)

The federal Wildlife Sport Fish Restoration programs, including their history, benefits to fish and wildlife and their relationship to the N.H. Fish and Game Department (Randy Curtis)

Wildlife Myth Conceptions (Marilyn Wyzga)

The Changing Land (Judy Silverberg)

Day 3: Thursday, April 19, 2012 (8:30 am – 3:00 pm)

Habits and Habitats program

Endangered Species program

Props preparation

Day 4: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 (1:30 pm – 8:00 pm)

Freshwater Ecology (Laura Ryder)

Endangered species and Wildlife Action Plan (Lindsay Webb)

Wildlife Sign (Mary Goodyear)

Day 5: Thursday, May 3, 2012 (8:30 am – 1:30 pm)

Wetland Functions (Laura Ryder)

Wetlands program

Day 6: Thursday, May 8, 2012 (8:30 am – 3:00; pm)

Ages and Stages; Discipline and Crowd Control (Julia Steed-Mawson)

Pond Ecology program

For more information, contact Mary Goodyear at NH Fish and Game, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord NH 03301; e-mail: mary.goodyear@wildlife.nh.gov; phone: 603-271-6649.