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Empowering Louisiana’s Youth: The Wetlands Education and Outreach Program

The Youth Wetlands Education and Outreach Program aims to educate students about the critical importance of wetlands and the consequences of their loss. By instilling a sense of environmental stewardship, students become ambassadors for Louisiana’s natural resources. The program provides hands-on learning through lesson plans for grades 4-12, service-learning activities, and field experiences in wetland restoration across the state. Recognized nationally for its impactful curriculum and innovative approach, this program actively engages students and teachers in preserving Louisiana’s wetlands for future generations.

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Empowering Louisiana’s Youth: The Wetlands Education and Outreach Program

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  1. Youth Wetlands Education and Outreach Program Training Future Leaders to Save America’s Treasure

  2. Goals of the Youth Wetlands Education and Outreach Program • To instill within students the complexities and consequences of continued unprecedented loss of wetlands on the citizens of Louisiana, • To instill in students that they are ambassadors for responsible environmental stewardship of Louisiana’s natural resources, and • To encourage forward thinking, that results in positive actions, in demonstrating that “Louisiana’s wetland loss is the nation’s wetland loss.”

  3. Objectives of the Youth Wetlands Education and Outreach Program • Develop hands-on environmental based lesson plans for grades 4-12 • Provide opportunities for service-learning wetland restoration activities • Provide field-based, hands-on experiences to youth during organized restoration projects held across the state and during participation in overnight camps • Conduct trainings for educators and provide in-classroom and field assistance that results in successful program implementation

  4. Program Enrollment 2007 – 2009 • Year 1: • 22,000 students in 45 parishes • Years 2 & 3: • Averaged 52,000 in 55 parishes • Averaged 1000 teachers 2010 • 964 teachers • 55,000 students in 58 parishes 2011 • 1039 teachers • 80,000 students in 58 parishes 2012 • 950 teachers • 71,000 students in 59 parishes

  5. Classroom Materials Curriculum Binder • General wetlands information • All lessons for 4th– 12thgrades • Updated every year • GLE table • Educational supplies • Classroom materials • Laboratory supplies • Field materials • Educational videos • “Wet Work” video

  6. Classroom Enrichment

  7. Vegetative Plantings

  8. Service Projects

  9. Summer Camps

  10. Educational Outreach

  11. Program Recognition • USDA National Program of Distinction • 2011 USFWS Connecting Youth with Natural Resources Conservation Education • National Promising Practices Guide for Science in Urban Communities (2011) • 2011 CRCL Coastal Stewardship Award • Wet Work Video Program: • 2011 Southeast Regional Winner (NAE4-HA) • 2011 National Winner (NAE4-HA) • 2010 Governor’s Conservation Award

  12. Youth Wetlands Program 2011-2012 Timeline

  13. Partners and Sponsors • Louisiana OCPR • Louisiana DNR • Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP) • Louisiana State University (LSU) College of Education • LSU School of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Science (SPESS) • Louisiana Sea Grant College Program • Ponchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences • Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service (CSREES) • Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, Restoration Act (CWPPRA) • Entergy • LaBranche Wetland Watchers • Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

  14. Additional Information www.lsuagcenter.com/yww Find us on Facebook: Youth Wetlands Education and Outreach Program Ashley Mullens YW Program Manager awmullens@agcenter.lsu.edu 225.578.7415

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