OutdoorIllinois
VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 9
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2 Gunfusion
If you're confused about the
legal way to transport a gun in
Illinois, we have the answers to
your questions.
5 Lake Michigan Hosts
The BassMasters Classic turns
30 this year, and they're blowing out the candles in Chicago's
Soldier Field.
8 Road Trip
Join us as we explore the Great
River Road from East Dubuque
to Oquawka in Part 1 of a series
about this celebrated route.
13 Can You Canoe?
Ralph Frese has been promoting
canoeing in Illinois for nearly
50 years.
17 Water Sports
Following these simple rules
will help ensure a pleasurable
summer on the water.
18 Home Schooling
You can start your hunter safety
class at home, but don't do it to
save time.
20 NewsFront
An award-winning program,
furbearer projects, new natural
areas, a pheasant management
workshop, new land and water
reserves, carp classes and an
environmental workshop are
among the stories found in this
month's NewsFront.
On the cover...
Up a lazy river might be the title for
DNR photographer Adele Hodde's
photo of canoeists Ralph and Rita
Frese paddling the Chicago River.
Opposite
The photo on our editorial page is
courtesy of "State Journal-Register"
Photographer Chris Young.
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July 2000
Many of our adult
interests can be
traced to a spark
that was generated in a classroom long ago when we
were extremely curious,
impressionable and had a
child's enthusiasm for learning something new.
Based on this and the
fact that stewardship of our
natural resources also
begins with education, a
top priority during my 10 years as
director of this department has been
education. Today, it is an underlying
theme for all DNR programs, including
an exciting new program called
ENTICE.
The program, officially known as the
Environment and Natural Training Institute for Conservation Education, has
been endowed with $300,000 from this
year's budget to incorporate a long-term,
standards-based, natural resource education program into schools and to assist
educators in meeting the Illinois State
Board of Education's requirements for
teacher certificate renewal.
Simply put, we will be working with
teachers to provide them with the tools
they need to blend natural resource education into the daily curriculum and to
strengthen and expand it in the schools.
We will be providing free training
courses to teachers that not only will
enhance classroom teaching methods,
but assist teachers in meeting the Illinois
State Board of Education requirements
for professional certification. This will
all be made possible by developing partnerships among environmental education agencies, teachers, administrators
and community groups.
Gov. George H. Ryan and the members of the General Assembly should be
commended for their foresight in funding this program, which will have such a
positive impact upon the youth of Illinois and the conservation of
our natural resources.
The new program will be
headquartered at Wildlife
Prairie Park west of Peoria.
This 2,000-acre zoological
park was generously donated
to the state by Bill Rutherford
and the Forest Park Foundation and is ideally suited for
use as a teacher training center for ENTICE sessions. It is
home to many Illinois native
animals such as wolves, bison, black bear,
elk, cougar and otter. Here teachers can
enjoy the park's spectacular natural settings: the butterfly garden, wildflowers,
lakes and restored prairie. They can learn
about the biodiversity of Illinois from the
state's top natural resource professionals
and take home hands-on lessons and free
materials that can be applied in various
learning settings. DNR will provide free
lodging in Wildlife Prairie Park's renovated cabooses, cottages by the lake or the
prairie stables.
If you know a school teacher who
would like to be on the mailing list for
information about the ENTICE program
and its future sessions, please contact
Illinois ENTICE, Division of Education,
524 S. Second St., Room 530, Springfield, Ill. 62701-1787, phone (217)557-6798 or email: illinoisentice@dnrmail.
state.il.us.
Hopefully, today's training will entice
tomorrow's conservationists.
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