Wildlife Conservation Club
Our Wildlife Conservation Club has been filled for the 2010-2011 school year.
Do you dream about working with and protecting wildlife? Experience life as a field biologist, wildlife conservationist and more. Meet experts in these fields and participate in hands-on conservation work both here at the Zoo and in the field. We will join a State Park Ranger to restore a prairie habitat, use radio telemetry techniques to locate collared animals and work with a local community to clean up their neighborhoods.
During the summer we will spend time at the Zoo meeting with animal professionals and helping to care for a small collection of animals. Join the club and begin to see all that is involved in saving wildlife and habitat for our future.
Age: 8th – 12th grade
Cost: $400 (includes all materials, transportation, offsite activity fees and one week-long summer Zoo Camp)
Dates: 3rd Saturday of each month starting September 18, 2010 through May 21, 2011 (exclude December) plus one week-long summer Zoo Camp on July 18-22, 2011
Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. during schoolyear (unless otherwise stated by instructor) and 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. for Zoo Camp
Application: The Wildlife Conservation Club will only accept a maximum of 10 members. Applicants are selected based on a panel review of applicants’ answers to the following two essay questions. Essays are due Friday, August 27th.
Email essays to melanie.sorensen@state.mn.us or mail to Minnesota Zoo, Melanie Sorensen, 13000 Zoo Blvd, Apple Valley, MN 55124.
Please answer both essay questions below.
Essay Question 1: (600 words or less) Why would you like to participate in the Wildlife Conservation Club at the Minnesota Zoo?
Essay Questions 2: (600 words or less) What do you think is the role Zoo's play in preventing species from becoming endangered?
If you have questions please call Melanie at (952) 431-9363.
