When: June 24th-27th, 2025
Where: Various outdoor sites in the Upper Arkansas Valley, from Twin Lakes to Coaldale. Please see flyer for more details.
Cost: $75 if registering & paying by June 2nd or $85 after June 2nd.
Make checks payable to GARNA. The deadline to register is June 20th, 2025.
This course is brought to you by CPW's Upper Arkansas O.U.T. program - Outdoor Understanding for Teachers, which was formerly known as Upper Arkansas T.E.N.
Watershed Wonders, offered by Colorado Parks &
Wildlife, will focus on the Upper Arkansas watershed and its importance to
nature and the people in Colorado. Topics will include water & natural
resources management, aquatic wildlife such as beavers and fish, soil
connections, and permaculture. We will also connect nature and water to art and
mindfulness. Participants will visit local sites in the Upper Arkansas Valley and be exposed to a variety of hands-on activities
that apply to science, social studies, math, history, and language arts. The
goal of O.U.T. (Outdoor Understanding for Teachers) is to help teachers promote
student understanding and appreciation of science and the natural environment through
local, field-oriented education opportunities in the schools and in-school
curriculum.
This class will take place outside, please dress for Colorado’s temperamental weather conditions and remember it can be hot, muggy, buggy, cold, wet and raining, all in the same day!
NOTE: We have a special opportunity this year for an optional private soak at Mount Princeton the evening of June 25th in the Infinity Pool from 5:30-7:30. Space is limited and priority will be given to class participants. If there is room, friends or family may be invited. Price will depend on the number of people attending but will be $10-$20, which is in addition to the registration fee.