Youth Education Program

Central Oregon FlyfisherMARCH 21, 2012

Kokanee Karnival Partners

Mission StatementProvide a dynamic, hands-on learning experience to educate and excite

elementary school children about clean water, healthy watersheds, and

fish conservation, while promoting good citizenship and community

stewardship.

About Kokanee Karnival• Successful, effective, volunteer driven for 15 years• Provides students in Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties

with natural resource education opportunities• Incorporates field trip, hands-on learning experiences, and yearlong

classroom activities• Helps students achieve Oregon Department of Education

benchmarks

• Staffed by volunteers from partners• COF donated 1,565 hours in 2010• All partners more than 2,000 hours• Received a Proclamation of recognition from Bend City Council in

2011 for our work with students

Our Objectives For Students• Learn about salmon and trout life cycle• Observe and understand components of good fish habitat• Understand a where a fish fits in the food chain• Learn about the role of fish hatcheries• Understand the importance of caring for the watershed• Learn about fish biology, water safety, angling skills, and regulations• Develop skills in math, graphing, and data collection

Kokanee Karnival Programs

Elective Level• Open to all grades with focus on 3rd to 5th grades• Choose to participate in one or more classroom projects: - Angler Education

- Fish Eggs to Fry

- Fish Dissection

- Community Stewardship Project

•Can volunteer without Angler Education Training• Leader needs to be approved by ODFW to volunteer in classrooms• One day course in Angler Education• Background check by State

Kokanee Karnival Programs

Comprehensive Level • Restricted to 4th and 5th grade students• Required to participate in all Electives • Streamside Experience in Fall• Angling Clinic Experience in Spring

• Can volunteer without Angler Education training

Kokanee Karnival Volunteers

• New volunteers are teamed with experienced volunteers• You will not be alone • We will provide you with written information to help

• You can get more information on our website at

kokaneekarnival.org

• Each student gets a package prior to presentation• Certified Anglers Education Instructors• Principles of stewardship• Basic fishing education

• Ethical conduct• Water safety• ODFW rules• Knot tying

• Team consists of leader and support volunteer• Team leader delivers materials• Leader and support volunteer make the 2 hour education

presentation• Team leader is a Certified Angling Instructor

Classroom Projects – Angler Education

Classroom Projects – Fish Eggs to Fry

• Each class has 200 eggs in a KK supplied incubator• Hatch trout, steelhead, or salmon eggs in the classroom• Monitor water quality daily• Release fry into approved water body• Volunteer delivers eggs and gives a brief presentation

• Each student gets a fish to dissect• Learn basic fish anatomy and physiology• Examine internal and external features• Some teachers do it all, if not• Kokanee Karnival leader for each class

Classroom Projects – Fish dissection

• Complete one or more projects that demonstrate caring for natural resources

• Kokanee Karnival leader needs to advise of potential stewardship projects

Classroom Projects – Community Stewardship

Comprehensive Program Streamside Experience

• These are the programs where we need the most help from volunteers

• 14 classes in program• Fall program

• Conducted in third week of September• 10 classes go to Sheep Bridge (Deschutes River) or Brown’s

Creek and the Fall River Hatchery

- Two classes a day, each spends 1/2 day at each site• 4 classes go to Spring Creek (Metolius River)

- One class a day spends full day at site

Streamside Experience Program

• Mainly staffed by COF volunteers• Half day at Sheep Bridge or Browns Creek• Observe spawning kokanee salmon in their natural habitat• Learn about

- salmon life cycle - The Incredible Journey

- fish habitat - Comforts of Home

- food requirements - Nature’s Restaurant• Connect natural fish spawning and development process to the

Fish Eggs to Fry classroom project

Hatchery Experience – Fall River Hatchery

• Staffed by Sunriver Anglers volunteers

• Half day at hatchery

• Learn about the role of Oregon’s hatcheries - hatchery operations - broodfish - how fish are transported - incubation - eggs and milt spawning - feeding and growth - liberation and stocking

Streamside Experience – Spring Creek

• Mainly staffed by COF volunteers• Field trip to Spring Creek – full day at creek • Observe spawning kokanee salmon in their natural habitat• Learn about

- salmon life cycle

- water quality dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH

- macroinvertebrates

- stream habitat

Angling Clinic Experience

• Education stations mainly staffed by COF volunteers• SRA staffs lunch• We need a minimum of 12 volunteers a day for the seven days of

the program• April participation in a day-long field trip to Shevlin Park• Learn about:

- fish biology

- casting and water safety

- knot tying

- fishing gear

- angling skills• Lunch and fishing with mentors• We clean the fish and issue First Fish Certificates

Conclusion

We need your help to make Kokanee Karnival successful and to provide the students with a meaningful and educational fun experience.

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