Conservation Field Days

Chautauqua County Fifth Graders’ Environmental Education Experience

-By Sam Vanstrom

JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK (April 21, 2015) -- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s 4-H Youth Development Program is excited to announce its

49^th Annual Conservation Field Days to be held May 27^th and 28^th at Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Camp.

Almost 900 Chautauqua County fifth grade students will be in attendance over the two-day period. Forty-three different experts will be teaching lessons related to conservation and the environment. Topics are varied, but include Forestry, the Water Cycle, Predator Prey Adaptations, Trapping, Bluebirds, and Wilderness Survival.

Students will go through seven twenty-minute, hands-on activities round-robin style. The setting allows many activities to be much more interesting to students, as they are able to touch trees, smell wildflowers, and explore nature.

The 4-H Youth Development Program is one of many programs offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County (CCE-Chautauqua). CCE-Chautauqua is a community based educational organization, affiliated with Cornell University, Chautauqua County Government, the NYS SUNY system, and the federal government through the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. For more information, call 716-664-9502 or visit our website at www.cce.cornell.edu/chautauqua. Cornell University Cooperative Extension provides equal program and employment opportunities.

Last updated August 5, 2015