STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR PEREGRINE FALCON WORKSHOP
The Pennsylvania Game Commission, in partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection and ZOOAMERICA, is offering a "WILD in the City" educator's workshop featuring the peregrine falcon, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, April 3. The workshop is being hosted by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) at the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg.
The workshop will address the natural history, reintroduction and the current status of peregrine falcons in Pennsylvania, and include activities that can be used to help address state education standards. Features of the workshop included a presentation by Dan Brauning, Game Commission Wildlife Diversity Section Supervisor, and Dr. Art McMorris, Game Commission ornithologist and lead peregrine falcon biologist in the state. Brauning spearheaded the peregrine reintroduction program in Pennsylvania.
To register for "WILD in the City," educators should contact DEP's Environmental Education and Information Center at 717-772-1644 or email adeveine@state.pa.us by March 27. Space is limited.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=173687
