In the last year, we have reached a total of 1959 students through education programs! How exciting!!

• We had 6 on-site field trips with a total of 225 students;

• I delivered 6 off-site/in-classroom programs to a total of 208 students;

• The park was at 4 youth education outreach events reaching 1526 people!

Recent EE activities include:

• Advertising to local school districts;

• Scheduling spring field trips;

• Preparing in-classroom lessons;

• Working with volunteers to broaden program content.

In February/March:

• we had a follow-op program on wildlife cameras at Mountain Vista;

• we had sessions of the park’s Adventure & Odyssey programs and trained volunteers.

• we tabled as Arizona State Parks and Trails at the Tucson Festival of Books March 15th&16th.

In January, Ranger Malana Starr:

• presented at Mesa Verde Elementary’s science night,

• was accepted into the EE Certification Program,

• registered the Park for the Tucson Festival of Books, and

• prepared a February field trip.

In November Ranger Malana Starr trained EE volunteers, started collaboration with Mountain Vista K-8, applied for a table at the Tucson Festival of Books, and more ...