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I’ve Had the Time of My Life My experience at AWLS
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I’ve Had the Time of My Life

My

experience

at AWLS

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Wyoming

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The Drive In : seven miles of stone road

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The Lodge

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Inside the Lodge

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Dinner

Time!

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Views from the Classroom

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Classes

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Survival SkillsWe learned how

to make fire! Who

knew that a

battery and steel

wool was so

handy?

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Other Survival

Skills

We learned about filtering water, and after all of the bugs found in the stream ecology, I GET it!

We also learned the basics of shelter.

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Stream Ecology

We learned about all of the critters that live in our streams. I never realized that there were so MANY and that so many other streams do NOT have has many bugs as this stream did. The amount of bugs was staggering. I believe that we were told that there is something like 1000 scuds of bugs in one yard of stream. Scuds are young bugs that are segmented and have weird little antennae and gills and little hairy things sticking out all over. One of the more rare ones was the stonefly nymphs. They are kind of like a mayfly, but can only live in very pristine waters.

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Fly Fishing

There are four types of

cutthroat trout native to

Wyoming: the Colorado River

cutthroat, the Yellowstone

cutthroat, the Bonneville

cutthroat, and the Snake River

cutthroat. These are desirable

and there is a limit on catching

them. There is also lake trout

that was introduced in the

1930s for anglers. They are

considered an endangered

species.

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Fittingly Dinner was……

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NASP

ArcheryWe learned the basics of archery

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Both on target and 3-D

target

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Now for the real fun!!!

We started with air

pistols and video

games

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Things that go BOOM

22 with a scope Air pistol

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The Shotgun; I

used the .20

gauge

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Ecology classes were

interspersed

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We even had FUN while

learning

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Yellowstone

ecology

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Field TripsWe studied the fracking fields in Pinedale

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Wild life while driving Pronghorn, Horned Toad, Osprey, oh my!

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We've been

talkin' 'bout

Jackson, ever

since the fire

went out. I'm

goin' to

Jackson, I'm

gonna mess

around..

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Elk Refuge, and Mormon Row

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Elk, its what’s for dinner….

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The most awesome view ever.

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Amazing things, big and small

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Rafting the Snake River….

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THANK YOU SAFARI CLUB!

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Examples of Uses in the

Classroom ALREADY!

I have shown my kids photos and we have had great discussions.

We have been studying rocks and how rocks are made. Oil Shale came up and we have had conversations about fracking.

We have a terrarium set up and we have been talking about ecology and clean water.

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As a final thought, I need to publicly thank the following for

making my fabulous experience possible:

The North West Ohio Safari Club

Ryan Bronson, Federal Cartridge Co.

Bill Brossard, National Shooting Sports Foundation

RC Lopez, Bureau of Land Management

Dean Claus and Scot Smith

Claudia Olsen, National Youth Program Coordinator, National

Rifle Association

Harlem Kredit, Yellowstone National Park

Ben Maki, Mossy Oak

Craig Kaufman, President of Safari Club International

Sandra Sadler, President, SCI Education Sables

Joe Hosmer, President, Safari Club International Foundation

And ALL of the wonderful instructors at AWLS.