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Sam Moreton
3rd-Adult, Forest and Water
Ecology, Earth Science and
Anaimlas.
Sam is Project WILD and hunter
education trained. He has been the
coordinator for 12 years for New
Life Ranch near Colcord Oklahoma.
Currently approximately 40 public,
private and Christian school groups
come to New Life Ranch for one-three day outdoor education
camps. The size of group ranges from 15-350 students.
Students receive training in Astronomy, birding, fire building,
fishing, flight, fossils, GPS, wildlife habitat, outdoor edibles,
insects, forest ecology etc. while at the camp. Exploring and
learning about the outdoors in an outdoor setting is the focus
of the day and summer camp activities.
Craig Savage
9th-12th Grade AFJROTC,
Aerospace Science and
Financial Literacy
School: Inola High School
Incorporates Archery in
Schools, Hunter Education
and Explore Bow hunting
into his AFJROTC class .
Craig is also an NRA
certified rifle instructor,
NRA Certified Range Safety Officer, and an assistant coach
with the Inola FFA for Skeet and Trap.
Besides teaching wildlife conservation in the classroom, Craig
has also worked with the youth during Quail Forever youth
day activities. He has promoted wildlife habitat restoration
efforts along with Quail Forever during its wildlife
conservation days for landowners.
Beverly Stephens
5th-8
th
Grade
English/Geography/Archery
Beverly teaches the Oklahoma
National Archery in Schools
program at Greenville School in
Marietta. She was also instrumental
in helping Turner High School set-
up their archery program. Beverly
also annually works with the
ODWC to take all 5th-8th grade
students through the Department’s STEP program allowing
many students that have never shot a shotgun before to receive
safe firearms training and quality instruction from ODWC
staff members.
2011 Conservation Education Scholarship
Two educators will be awarded a scholarship to an eight-day
conservation education school at Safari Club International’s American
Wilderness Leadership School (AWLS) at Granite Ranch near Jackson,
Wyoming. The AWLS program covers many different aspects of
conservation education.
Lodging, meals and training materials will be provided by Oklahoma
Station Chapter
Safari Club International. Transportation to Jackson, Wyoming, will be
covered by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Educator applications are judged in categories such as:
Training in conservation education or environmental education
programs.
Current programs you are conducting in your school and community
with a conservation and environmental emphasis.
Past programs you have conducted with a conservation and
environmental emphasis.
Teachers of state winners in the youth essay contest: Hunting: Sharing
the Heritage, will receive priority consideration.
The AWLS program is conducted during the summer. AWLS presents
an outdoor program for educators which concentrates on natural
resource management and provides participants with a base
knowledge from which they may evaluate conservation efforts.
Participants learn about stream ecology, map and compass, language
arts and creative writing in an outdoor setting, fly tying, shooting sports,
wildlife management, the Yellowstone ecosystem, camping, white-
water rafting, educational resources and how to implement outdoor
education ideas. Six sessions will be offered June through August of
2011.
More Info on The AWLS Program can be found Here.