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EDUCATIONAL WEB SITE IS REALLY WILD

Ottawa - The future looks bright for conservation education in Canada thanks to the recent launch of the Canadian Wildlife Federation's new and exciting WILD Education web site.

WILD Education is a fast-growing family of conservation learning programs offered by CWF. It includes programs such as Project WILD, Below Zero, Fish Ways, Habitat 2000, Focus on Forests and Ocean Education.

Through the new web site, the federation hopes to showcase its programs, establish an on-line community of environmental educators and bring its conservation message to even more classrooms. "We want to give young people access to knowledge that is vital to the healthy future of wildlife in Canada," said Luba Mycio-Mommers, CWF's head of education.

Biodiversity, endangered species recovery and sustainability are just a few of the topics covered in the many classroom activities and outdoor projects found at the site.

Visitors to the WILD Education Web site will find an abundance of learning resources as valuable to youth leaders as to teachers, as inspiring to scouts and guides as to elementary and secondary students. Educators can register in WILD Education programs, learn how to obtain funding for habitat projects, rub elbows with environmental educators from coast to coast, watch for upcoming workshops, and team up with colleagues to share information, discuss oceans and wildlife issues, and collaborate on habitat projects.

For more information, contact Sandy Baumgartner at 1-800-563-WILD (9453).