Welcome 2025! May this year be the best yet.
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If you are organizing or participating in a community birding event for the GBBC, add it to our Community Event Map. This may inspire others to join your flock. Or, find an event close to you and join others in a bird-adventure.
Interp Team Lunch & Learn
Thursday, January 23:
Let's get SAV-vy with Chesapeake Bay SAV!
Join Natural Resource Biologist Kaitlin Scowen for an engaging discussion on the vital role of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the Chesapeake Bay. Discover how to easily identify these plants and explore their many ecological benefits, from improving water quality to providing critical habitat for wildlife.
Wednesday, February 19:
Working with Trail Apps to Encourage Responsible Recreation
With the continued rise in outdoor recreation and a gap in needed resourcing, it is vital that visitors understand the principles of responsible recreation and how to stay safe. The AllTrails Public Lands program gives land managers powerful tools to help with this education, and funding and allows them to understand what’s happening on their trails. In this session, Cece Kirkwood with AllTrails will share case studies and discuss with partners how they work together to support safe outdoor access for all.
https://alltrails.zoom.us/
Tuesday, March 4:
Recruiting, Retaining, and Reactivating (R3) Outdoor Recreation Participants
R3 is a coordinated, nationwide movement to increase participation in hunting, fishing, trapping, boating, and the shooting sports (target shooting, archery, sporting clays, etc.) through Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation. The sale of licenses and registration from these activities funds much of the conservation work of natural resources agencies. State Parks staff play a key role in R3 whether you realize it or not. Staff from DNR's R3 Matrix Team will unpack the concepts of the Outdoor Recreation Adoption Model and R3 goals and objectives. By sharing the steps involved in adopting or continuing an outdoor activity, the R3 Team hopes to enlist your help in recruiting, retaining, and reactivating our license holders and broadening participation in all outdoor recreation
Not yet available but worth monitoring for equipment grants. https://www.stihlusa.com/community/hearts-of-stihl/
January 16: Trailblazing Accessibility: Ensuring Equitable Access to Natural Spaces for Those with Disabilities
January 23: Designing Events that Engage Your Community
January 30: Access Versus Accessibility
February 6: Together on the Trail: Birdability and Accessible Birding
February 13: Increasing Physical Activity Through the Use of Trails and Greenways
February 20: Trail Bumps: Lessons Learned from Removing 1,000 Bumps
Feb 26- Expanding Your Toolbox: A One-Day Deep Dive into Extraordinary Animal Training with NEI
February 27: Making Organizations Inclusive: Stories of Deaf Gain in the Outdoor
May 22: Plan Trails to Minimize Wildlife Disturbance
Newly Added MPS Trainings:
- Jan 16- Pool Practice Time- This is for anyone that needs to brush up on their swimming skills/confidence or that needs to get in shape for lifeguarding
- Jan 22- Inver ID with Master Naturalist - Insect Identification and Preservation
- Jan 27-28- Close Quarters Defense: Level 1
- Jan 29-30- Close Quarters Defense: Refresher
- Feb 12 - Building Safety and Crime Prevention- A next level look of the building safety that was mentioned during last year's Town Hall and the CRASE training. Corporal Anthony Pecoriello will setup a training with real world building walk to identify ways to make our buildings safer for us and how to better use a critical eye for better safety of our staff.
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