You are looking at the latest from Project WILD. Designed for easy access for teachers, coordinators, or anyone interested in the Project WILD program, our new web page may be a different shade of green, but the valuable information remains the same. You can explore our site to answer any questions you might have or find interesting activities to stimulate classroom involvement in and excitement about wildlife issues. Also on the site, you will find links to important resources to aide in the implementation of the program in your own school or community.

2008 WILD Guides

The 2008 editions of the Project WILD K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide and the Project WILD Aquatic Guide are available. Project WILD K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide revisions include text revisions along with updated contact information and website links. The new Project WILD Aquatic Guide features the newest WILD activity, "Fishable Waters," which engages students at junior high age in a thought provoking card game focused on strategically managing a waterway to ensure it is fishable and swimmable. In just one class period the card game deepens the students' understanding about the effects of natural and human-made environmental disturbances, such as algal blooms and non-point source pollution, on fish populations and water quality.

EETAP

Eleven states are enhancing their Project WILD programs with support from the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP). EETAP is funded through the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Environmental Education under an agreement between the U.S. EPA and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. 

EETAP is supporting two Project WILD initiatives this year: the creation and enhancement of correlations to state academic standards; and Growing WILD!, a program to strengthen environmental education networks.

The following states are producing correlations to state academic standards in conjunction with Project WET and Project Learning Tree: California , New Hampshire , New Jersey , Tennessee , and Wyoming . North Dakota is working on Project WILD correlations only and has already finished a first draft. All correlations funded through EETAP will be available via the Project WILD website by early 2007.

Five states are conducting Growing WILD! projects: Colorado , Florida , Idaho , Ohio , and Pennsylvania . The purpose of these projects is to enable state sponsors to strengthen their Project WILD programs by increasing their capacity to enhance leadership skills, improve infrastructure, and augment the delivery of educator training.

Reading Habitrends, a national newsletter of the Project WILD Program, is a great way to find out about Project WILD activites across the country. Within its pages you will find news about personal accounts of WILD at work internationally, a heads-up on upcoming conferences, and details of milestones and accomplishments of Project WILD state programs.

Check the Habitrends page for our newest issue!

In 2006 Project WILD celebrated a milestone achievement of having trained 1,000,000 educators since its introduction in 1983. Utilizing the Project WILD curriculum, these educators have provided environmental education instruction to more than 53 million students enabling them to experience the outdoors and gain a deeper appreciation for wildlife and the need to conserve our natural resources. This success was made possible through the enthusiastic support of Project WILD's extensive and talented network of Sponsors, Coordinators, and Facilitators, who have make Project WILD one of the largest wildlife education programs in the world. This campaign is intended to honor members of this nationwide network as well as the sponsoring agencies and organizations. To learn more about this milestone and to see how states are celebrating, visit the link below.

News Release Archives

• Growing Up WILD: 2nd Edition

• WILD Celebrates 20 Years

• One Million Educators Gone WILD!