Refuge Activities and EventsHey Kids! Come join the Neighborhood Explorers club to learn more about wildlife while playing fun games and exploring your backyard! Check it out here! Fly Fishing Workshop - To celebrate wildlife dependent recreation, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge partners with Kittery Trading Post each summer to host a fly fishing workshop. Children 8 to 15 years of age will be taught how to fly fish by Kittery Trading Post instructors. Children and onlookers will learn about fly fishing, tackle and casting techniques. Refuge staff will speak about refuge fishing opportunities, conservation, and the importance of angler ethics. After the program, children and accompanying adults are welcomed to try their luck with their own tackle. Fly fishing instruction is by reservation only. Dates and sign-up instructions will be posted in June. Children must be accompanied by an adult. There is a maximum of 15 spaces available for the event. Fishing is one of the System's priority public uses. Many national wildlife refuges, including Rachel Carson Refuge, provide great opportunities for fishing. Contact the refuge for a leaflet describing the areas that are open for saltwater fishing. Junior Duck Stamp Event - The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is a dynamic, active, art and science program designed to teach wetlands habitat and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten through high school. Students from around the United States submit drawings to their state. Winners from these competitions, called the "Best of Show," are then submitted to the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest. One image from the 53 Best of Show entries will become the next Junior Duck Stamp. Proceeds from the sale of Junior Duck Stamps are returned to states for environmental and conservation education programs. For more information please visit the Junior Duck Stamp website Click here to learn more about Special Events at other National Wildlife Refuges |
Last updated:
November 5, 2009
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