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This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains basic rules for being a good sportsman while hunting or fishing on another’s property.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Fishing
• Hunting
• Outdoor Recreation

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explains how to identify a wide variety of animal tracks.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Outdoor Recreation

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to keep detailed records of butterfly observations and recommends which plants would be most beneficial to local butterflies.

• Wildlife
• Butterfly
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Entomology
• Insect

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explains how to build, place and monitor a suitable nesting structure for mourning doves.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Bird
• Mourning Dove

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to plant food plots and manipulate the seed bank to improve food resources for white-tailed deer and other wildlife species.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explains characteristics of lizards that distinguish them from other animals.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Herpetology
• Lizard

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 offers information about turtles and their role in nature.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Turtle
• Reptile
• Herpetology

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to recognize and record wild turkey vocalizations; then give an oral presentation discussing how turkeys communicate.

• Wildlife
• Turkey
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Bird

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to collect used materials, construct and strategically place nest boxes for wood ducks.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Wood Duck
• Duck
• Bird

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to properly handle, store, dress and prepare wild game or fish.

• Deer
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Fishing
• Hunting

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explores the nesting and feeding requirements of birds and explains how to build nesting boxes.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Bird

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explains the different types of baits and lures and their effectiveness in attracting fish.

• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Fishing
• Fishing Bait

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explains how to identify snakes and their behavior in nature.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Snake
• Reptile
• Herpetology

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explains how to identify and locate household materials to recycle in the construction of archery equipment.

• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Archery

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to observe urban wildlife, record information and use findings to develop a wildlife habitat improvement plan.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explains which bodies of water are suitable for amphibian growth and development.

• Amphibian
• Youth Project
• 4-H

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to collect information on fish populations and evaluate it to determine management recommendations for ponds.

• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Fishing
• Pond Management
• Pond

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to identify nuisance wildlife situations and make recommendations for minimizing damage.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to collect and identify stream insects and other tiny invertebrates in a group outing.

• Insects
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Invertebrate

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains how to build a model of a wetland and its functions or map how stormwater flows between their neighborhoods and the ocean.

• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Estuary

This educational resource for children aged 13-15 explains the physical and technical skills expected of entry-level wildlife and fishery biologists and/or law enforcement officers, and explains how to evaluate personal abilities along with educational and vocational needs and opportunities.

• Wildlife
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Career
• Career Pathway

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explores studying beaver biology and behavior through inquiry-based learning strategies.

• Wildlife
• Beaver
• Youth Project
• 4-H

This educational resource for children aged 9-12 explores food preferences in animals through inquiry-based learning strategies.

• Animal
• Youth Project
• 4-H
• Animal Husbandry