BLM Learning Landscapes Teachers--Outdoor Education

Anasazi Heritage Center: Planning a School Group Visit
Museum programs
Information on planning a school group visit to Colorado's Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, CO.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/visit.htm

Aquatic Education at BLM Eastern States: Kids Get Their Feet Wet
1999 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes various aquatic education efforts of BLM in the Eastern States, such as Kids Fishing Day and Anacostia River events.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/es/index.html

Aquila Vista Scientific Environmental Education Site
Field office web page
Describes education programs offered at this site along the Molalla River about 60 miles southeast of Portland, Oregon; students learn about pond and forest ecology and work on trail improvements.
http://www.or.blm.gov/salem/html/rec/aquila_vista_scientific_en_ed.htm

Arizona Festival-Goers Learn About Science and the Great Outdoors
1999 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes hands on activities in natural resources, astronomy and local history at 2-day Gila Box Discovery Festival in Safford, Arizona. For more information, contact BLM field office, Safford, AZ.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/az/index.html

Audubon Alaska Bird Academy
Outdoor education program
2-day program on birds and their habitats offered by Campbell Creek Science Center and Alaska Audubon Society.
http://www.anchorage.ak.blm.gov/ccsc/bap-1.html

Betty's Kitchen Wildlife and Interpretive Area
state page
Web page from BLM state office describes Interpretive trail along the Colorado River upstream of Laguna Dam. Site includes interpretive panels and a small outdoor classroom.
http://www.az.blm.gov/yfo/bettykitchtrail.ht

BLM California Needles Education Programs
State page
Information on education programs offered by the Needles, CA, field office, on cultural and natural resources and Leave No Trace; also includes link to Desert Junior Ranger booklet
http://www.ca.blm.gov/needles/needles_out_reach.html

BLM Hosts 14th Annual Mill Creek Education Day
2004 Nevada Education Feature
Describes outdoor environmental education program for 6th grade students hosted by Battle Mountain, Nevada field office. For more information, contact BLM field office, Battle Mountain, NV.
http://www.nv.blm.gov/environmental/mill_creek04.htm

BLM Sites Offering Environmental Education Programs or Opportunities
Information
Links to information about seven locations in Oregon managed by the Bureau of Land Management that offer

environmental education experiences on the ground.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/EESites/eesites.htm

BLM-Alaska's Backyard Discoveries Program
1999 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes hands on activities that teach about the plants, lichens, fungus and breeding birds of the 730-acre Campbell Tract in Anchorage.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/ak/index.html

BLM-Miles City's Annual "Outdoor Education Day"
1999 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes annual Spring field trip for Miles City third graders to a BLM site where they learn about fire, forestry, fish, archaeology, and geology. For more information, contact BLM field office, Miles City, MT.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/mt/index.html

Branching Out to the Youth of America
Environmental education program
Forest Service program that trains college students to teach environmental education to elementary age students during summer.
http://www.americasoutdoors.gov/education/edu_ew.asp

Campbell Creek Science Center
Science center home page
Home page of Science Center located in Anchorage.
http://www.anchorage.ak.blm.gov/ccscentr.html

Campbell Creek Science Center Education Programs
Outdoor education program
Educational programs for K-6 offered at Campbell Creek Science Center in Anchorage.
http://www.anchorage.ak.blm.gov/ccsc/ep-brchr.html

Cascade Stream Watch
Outdoor Education
Describes outdoor education facilities at BLM s Wildwood Recreation Site near Salem, Oregon, that allow visitors to learn about stream habitat. Includes a virtual tour, list of partners, and contacts.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/EESites/cascade.htm

Dankworth Village Outdoor Classroom
Outdoor education program
Information on cooperative education programs at this prehistoric site near Safford, Arizona. For more information, contact BLM field office, Safford, AZ.
http://www.az.blm.gov/sfo/dankworth.htm

Desert Discovery Center
Education Center Homepage
Describes education center in Barstow, CA, that offers formal and informal programs on natural, cultural, and historic resources of the Mojave Desert.
http://www.discoverytrails.org/welcome1.html

Earth Ranger Academy
Outdoor education program
3-day upper elementary science experience offered at Campbell Creek Science Center in Anchorage.
http://www.anchorage.ak.blm.gov/ccsc/er-brchr.html

Eastern States Office's Kids' Fishing Day
1997 BLM Environmental Education feature
Dummy text for Feature test.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature5.html

Environmental Education Days
outdoor school
Describes one-day outdoor laboratories on desert ecosystems at Snake River Birds of Prey Area's Dedication Point Interpretive Site.
http://www.birdsofprey.blm.gov/education/index.htm - eedays

Environmental Education on the Job
resource list
Lists over a dozen Bureau of Land Management programs in Utah that relate to environmental education.
http://www.ut.blm.gov/enviroed/enviroedjob.html

Hands on the Land
Interactive website
Nationwide interagency program of field classrooms on public lands.
http://www.handsontheland.org/home.cfm

Hands on the Land - Campbell Creek Science Center
Interactive website
Profile of Campbell Creek Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska, a BLM Hands on the Land site.
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=cacr

Hands on the Land - Fish Slough
Interactive website
Profile of Fish Slough, a BLM Hands on the Land site near Bishop, California.
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=fisl

Hands on the Land - Jupiter Inlet
Interactive website
Profile of Jupiter Inlet Natural Area, a BLM Hands on the Land site located near Tequesta, FL
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=juin

Hands on the Land - National Historic Trails Interpretive Center
Interactive website
Profile of the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, a BLM Hands on the Land site in Casper, WY
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=hitr

Hands on the Land - Nevada Outdoor School, Water Canyon Project
Interactive website
Profile of Nevada Outdoor School, Water Canyon Project, a BLM Hands on the Land site in Winnemucca, NV
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=waca

Hands on the Land - Red Rock Canyon
Interactive website
Profile of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, a BLM Hands on the Land site near Las Vegas, Nevada.
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=rero

Hands on the Land - Roseburg District
Interactive website
Profile of Roseburg District/Glide Middle School partnership, a BLM Hands on the Land site in Roseburg, OR
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=rose

Hands on the Land - San Joaquin River Gorge
Interactive website
Profile of San Joaquin River Gorge, a BLM Hands on the Land site in Auberry, CA
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=sajo

Hands on the Land - Sand Canyon
Interactive website
Profile of Sand Canyon Environmental Education Program, a BLM Hands on the Land site in California. For more information, contact BLM field office, Ridgecrest, CA.
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=seep

Hands on the Land - Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
Interactive website
Profile of Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, a BLM Hands on the Land site in Fort Benton, MT
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=upmi

Hands on the Land - West Eugene Wetlands
Interactive website
Profile of West Eugene Wetlands, a BLM Hands on the Land site in Eugene, OR
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=euwe

Hands on the Land - Wildwood
Interactive website
Profile of Wildwood Recreation site, a BLM Hands on the Land site in Oregon.
http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=wolf

http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=cacr

Larch Mountain Environmental Education Site
Field office web page
Describes environmental education site near Portland, Oregon, where local students conduct research on forest, stream, and wetland ecosystems.
http://www.or.blm.gov/salem/html/rec/larch.htm

Learning Outside the Classroom at New Mexico Forestry Camp
2001 BLM Environmental Education feature.
Describes 6-day residential forestry camp in New Mexico where students learn the "how and why" of natural resource
decision making.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2001/nm/index.html

Living in the Rain Shadow
1997 BLM Environmental Education feature.
Describes 3-day Sand Canyon Environmental Education Program (SEEP) where fifth graders visit a riparian area in California's Mojave desert and learn about the region's history. For more information, contact BLM field office,

Ridgecrest, CA.

http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature3.html

Molalla Middle School Preserves Site
2001 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes work of Oregon middle school students to preserve Aquilla Vista (Eagle's view) Environmental Education Research Area.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2001/or/index.html

National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Interpretive center website
Interpretive center on the history and culture of the Oregon Trail located in Baker City, Oregon. Includes sections for kids and teachers, with information on field trips and downloadable Education Resource Guide.
http://oregontrail.blm.gov/

New River School Programs
Field office web page
Description of school programs offered at New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern near Bandon, Oregon; includes teacher's guides on plants, birds, and water quality.
http://www.or.blm.gov/coosbay/newriver/school_programs.htm

Piney Woods Country Life School
State web page
Describes programs offered at this school near Jackson, Mississippi, including teacher workshops, instruction in urban forestry, GIS, and natural resources, as well as a 2-week environmental education camp
http://www.es.blm.gov/aboutus/phonebook/programdetails.asp?id=15

Pompeys Pillar
1997 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes field trip to Pompeys Pillar National Historic Landmark, a Lewis and Clark site on banks of the Yellowstone River in Montana. For more information, contact BLM field office, Billings, MT.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature7.html

Pompey's Pillar National Monument
state page
Web page for National Monument in Montana.
http://www.mt.blm.gov/pillarmon/index.html

Prehistoric Central Nevada: Toquima Cave
2001 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes field trips offered to this Nevada cave, offering lessons in prehistoric people, pictographs, prehistoric weapons, and geology. For more information, contact BLM field office, Battle Mountain, NV.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2001/nv/index.html

School Partnerships
School Partnerships
Describes active educational partnerships between the Bureau of Land Management and Oregon schools.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/EESites/school.htm

Snake River Birds of Prey EE Days
1997 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes educational tour of BLM's Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area; activities at 4 stations, and a scavenger hunt.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature6.html

Southwestern Colorado's Animas Forks: A Ghost Town Comes to Life
1999 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes living history presentations and education program at historic mining town along Alpine Loop Backcountry Byway in San Juan Mountains, Colorado. For more information, contact San Juan Public Lands Center, Durango, CO.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/co/index.html

Take A Family Fishing, June 2004
Web feature
Educational program for families.
http://www.co.blm.gov/edu/fish2004.htm

Teaching Environmental Science Naturally
1997 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes T.E.N., a two-and-a half day program that gives teachers ideas about how to teach environmental science in the classroom.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature4.html

The Table Rocks Environmental Education Program
State Web Page
Describes the variety of education programs offered at this site near Medford, Oregon. Programs include guided hikes, customized field trips, and in-class presentations; contact BLM field office, Medford, OR
http://www.or.blm.gov/Medford/environmental_ed/table_rocks/program/program.html

The Washington, D.C., Urban Tree House
1998 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes the community-based environmental education center in Anacostia Park, the second of six treehouses to be built in the U.S.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1998/dc/feature.html

The Wonderful Outdoor World (WOW) Program Kicks Off in Arizona
1997 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes 1997 kick-off of Wonderful Outdoor World (WOW) camping environmental education program for urban youth in Arizona.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature2.html

Upper and Lower Table Rocks
Outdoor Education
Describes education opportunities at Oregon's Table Rocks, a familiar landmark in the Rogue Valley, near the town of Medford, Oregon. Includes photos, "Fun Facts" and contacts.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/EESites/tableroc.htm

Urban Tree House
environmental education program
Environmental education program in Milwaukee.
http://www.americasoutdoors.gov/education/edu_p.asp

Welcome to the Third Annual Gunnison Water Festival!
2000 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes Gunnison, Colorado's, annual environmental education field day to celebrate water, for all 4th graders in the Gunnison River Valley.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/co/index.html

West Eugene Wetlands Project
Outdoor Education
Describes education opportunities in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Includes photos and contacts.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/EESites/west.htm

What in the World is a "Steam Donkey?"
2000 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes Forest Conservation Days 2000, annual two-week-long event hosted by Society of American Foresters near San Jose, California.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/wo/index.html

Wonderful Outdoor World
Outdoor education program
Camping program in Arizona designed to teach basic outdoor skills to urban children.
http://www.az.blm.gov/wow.htm

Yaquina Head Environmental Education
State Web page
Information about self-guided and ranger-led education programs offered at this "Outstanding Natural Area" on the coast of Oregon; includes link to teacher's guide.
http://www.or.blm.gov/salem/yaquina/env_ed.htm

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
State Web page
Homepage for BLM site on the Oregon coast that offers opportunities for ocean and wildlife viewing and includes Oregon's tallest and second oldest continuously operating lighthouse.
http://www.or.blm.gov/salem/yaquina/