Tag: education
Hannah has been with the Wildlife Leadership Academy for two years, as a student and Assistant Team Leader. She is one of our Monthly Correspondents, and wrote this piece for the blog about training her bird dog, Bella. It’s taken a lot of patience and dedication, and Bella is coming along quite nicely with her training!
Mitch, one of our Monthly Correspondents and a PA Drummer, writes about his adventures on the Juniata River. He saw a black snake making its way across the water and decided to investigate the situation further:
This post comes to us from Freya, a Bucktails and Ursids alumni, and one of our Youth Blog Correspondents. She writes about the formation of the many lakes of Minnesota, which give the state its nickname, “the Lake State,” and the interesting (and hungry) creatures she met during her trip there. Freya also shares more …
Jon, a PA Drummer, wrote this piece, describing how summer fades into fall. The imagery he uses is truly inspiring, and his photographs capture the essence of the beauty of fall! Just as a relay-runner hands the baton and bobs his head at the next runner, so Summer nods to Fall. Summer is as breathy …
The Baobab tree, Adansonia digitata, is native to the African Savanna, and as you can see the tree is very interesting. The Baobab is known as the “upside-down” tree, because when it is bare, which it is just before, just after, and during the African dry season (which lasts around five months) it looks like …
Tag: education
Hunting Dog Training
Posted: December 29, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Hannah has been with the Wildlife Leadership Academy for two years, as a student and Assistant Team Leader. She is one of our Monthly Correspondents, and wrote this piece for the blog about training her bird dog, Bella. It’s taken a lot of patience and dedication, and Bella is coming along quite nicely with her training!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Bucktails, career, drummers, education, inspiration, leadership, life-changing, youth
Snake Catcher
Posted: December 22, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Mitch, one of our Monthly Correspondents and a PA Drummer, writes about his adventures on the Juniata River. He saw a black snake making its way across the water and decided to investigate the situation further:
Category: Youth Blog Tags: drummers, education, habitat, nature observation, Pennsylvania, reports from the field, snake, wildlife
The Life of a Minnesota Lake
Posted: December 8, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
This post comes to us from Freya, a Bucktails and Ursids alumni, and one of our Youth Blog Correspondents. She writes about the formation of the many lakes of Minnesota, which give the state its nickname, “the Lake State,” and the interesting (and hungry) creatures she met during her trip there. Freya also shares more …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Bucktails, education, journaling, nature observation, reports from the field, Ursids, youth
As Summer Nods To Fall…
Posted: November 10, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Jon, a PA Drummer, wrote this piece, describing how summer fades into fall. The imagery he uses is truly inspiring, and his photographs capture the essence of the beauty of fall! Just as a relay-runner hands the baton and bobs his head at the next runner, so Summer nods to Fall. Summer is as breathy …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: career, creative arts, drummers, education, inspiration, journaling, leaves, media, nature observation, poetry
Adansonia digitata – The Baobab, or “Upside-Down” Tree
Posted: November 3, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
The Baobab tree, Adansonia digitata, is native to the African Savanna, and as you can see the tree is very interesting. The Baobab is known as the “upside-down” tree, because when it is bare, which it is just before, just after, and during the African dry season (which lasts around five months) it looks like …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: education, exotic, leaves, legends, nature observation, photography, Ursids