KNC’s Conservation Biology class, offered in partnership with the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) program, introduces students to the exciting careers in Natural Resource Conservation and Wildlife Biology. This is a laboratory/field-based course which involves hands-on learning of ecological science, animal and plant studies (i.e. behavior, identification), job shadowing, and field trips. This course has special emphasis on skills and technology used in this profession. Students have direct contact with natural resource conservationists and wildlife biologists in this field of study and get to use Heronwood’s 90-acre forest as an extension of the classroom. They will receive either their 2nd or 3rd high school science credit through this program, as well as attain the skills necessary to obtain employment in various careers in Natural Resource Conservation and Wildlife Biology. Major units of the class include: Biodiversity, Native Plant Propagation, Human Impacts on the Natural World, Maps and Navigation, Soil, Natural Resources Careers, Forestry, Climate Change, Wildlife, and Water Issues.
To learn more about this program and enrollment requirements, please visit KRESA’s website or call 269-250-9300
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