This may be of interest to fellow subscribers. Do we have anything
similar in Australia? Should we have something similar ? Mike Hines,
Brisbane.
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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:46:05 +0000
From: Tom Barnes <>
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Subject: 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Contest
For Immediate Release
Ninth 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Invitational Held at Sun
Valley, ID
Over 200 participants from 32 states competed at the 9th annual
4-H WHEP contest held near Sun Valley, ID. In one of the closest
competitions in years, the team from Tennessee captured first place
honors with 212.5 points. Alabama was close second with 210.4 points
followed by Kentucky with 206.7 points. Christine Jewell, Lynn
Alewine, Ammanda Whillock, and Kimberley Clark were on the winning
team from Sevierville, TN that was coached by Alan Bruhin and Glen
Turner.
Top individual honors went to Ashley Couto from Alabama with
60.08 points, Kasie Montgomery from Oklahome with 59.67 points, and
Sarah Hall from Kentucky with 56.17 points. Individual activity
event winners included Jana Sanders from Colorado in evaluating
aerial photographs, Kelli Herbert from Louisiana in on-site
management prescriptions, and Kasie Montgomery in wildlief food
identification. The team from TN wrote the best rural plan and the
team from KY wrote the best urban plan.
The 4-H WHEP program is a nationally recognized and award winning
conservation education program that teaches youth the principles of
wildlife conservation and leadership development skills. The
national invitational is a competitive event consisting of five
activities: wildlife food identification, interpretation of habitat
requirements on aerial photos, on-site management prescriptions,
writing a rural and urban wildlife management plan.
The program is coordinated by the USDA-CSREES-CES Extension
Wildlife Specialists and is supported financially by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Champion International Paper Company, The Rocky
Mountain Elk Foundation, The National Rifle Association, and Wildlife
Forever. For more information about the program, contact your local
county Extension office or Tom Barnes (past-chair) University of
Kentucky or James Armstrong, Chair, (Auburn University).
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