Bringing the lessons home: WWF plants local native wildlife gardens

It’s been 85 years since the Wyoming Wildlife Federation began to advocate for sportsmen and women, support wildlife conservation efforts and educate the next generation on the benefits of a healthy ecology and wildlife population in the Cowboy State. 

While in Sheridan visiting schools creating native wildlife gardens as part of a biology pilot program, WWF Education Director Andrea Barbknecht appeared on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program to talk about the mission of the organization. 

Barbknecht has been working with local schools planting gardens containing native plants and flowers. The teachers have ecology and biology lesson plans they will teach to the children utilizing the gardens this spring. The lessons are developed on the native flora and fauna of Wyoming while also meeting science instruction requirements. 

The WWF has worked with Henry A. Coffeen, Meadowlark and Woodland Park Elementary Schools to develop and plant these native gardens. 

C&B Operations recently donated $1,000 to the Wyoming Wildlife Federation. The public can join in the showing of support of anything and everything Wyoming outdoors, by participating in the Bragging Rights Anything Wyoming Photo Contest. Sponsored by C&B Operations, John Deere and Buckaroo Blades, the winner of the photo contest will receive a handcrafted Buckaroo Blades hunting knife valued at $300. 

Find the Bragging Rights Anything Wyoming Photo Contest, here. 

To learn more about the Wyoming Wildlife Federation, click here.