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The Environmental Education Program provides educators in nearby communities a very special opportunity to add an "outdoor classroom" component to their yearly curriculum with field trips to the Complex. If you are within a 90-mile radius of Fallon, our staff is available to come into your classroom for personal instruction on wetlands and related biology. We have a variety of other resources such as videos, informational literature, and a friendly voice to answer any questions.

Special Announcement

The Weather Channel's Forecast Earth would like to invite high school students to be part of the 2nd Annual Forecast Earth Summit, December 5-7, in Washington, D.C.  Students - freshmen, sophomores, and juniors during the 2008-09 school year are eligible and must submit a 200-word essay outlining what they are personally doing to combat climate change.  From the entries, 20 students will be selected to take part in The Weather Channel's Forecast Earth Summit.  The three-day event will focus on promoting environmental literacy among the high school audience and will afford selected students the opportunity to talk with environmental leaders, scientists, and other students.  Entry forms can be submitted online until October 19.

Do you have any questions about Stillwater? Ask our biologists!! For more fun, check out the US Fish and Wildlife Service "Kids Page". Don't have time for a tour of the refuge? Take a virtual tour !! Need information on Endangered Species? This site has it all!!

Have you heard about the Shorebird Sister Schools Program? The SSSP provides a forum for everyone to discuss, present information, and learn about shorebirds. You can track & report their migration, distribution, food habits, behavior, and habitat use. The program is active in 23 countries and 36 U.S. states. Join in a pen pal exchange between your school and a school in another part of the country or the world. You can learn not only about the difference in habitats and wetland ecosystems, but about their culture too! Visit their website to find out more!!

Stillwater has partnered with the Shadow a Swan Program. This interactive web site enables students to utilize satellite tracking technology, practice data collection, investigate habitat needs of swans, and links to talk to scientists. Check it out!!!

Join us for the annual Spring Wings Bird Festival where we have tours and special activities designed "just for kids".

Feeling artistic? Enter the annual Junior Duck Stamp competition through your local school. Contact us if you need more information. View the JDS curriculum (this file is 5.4MB).