ROBERT GIBBS OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR AT THE RESERVE HAS BEEN ASSISTING MR. TOM CREIDER (PICTURED ABOVE) OF THE OKLAHOMA DIVISION OF STATE PARKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO MAKE BELLRINGER DVD'S.  THESE ARE PRESENTATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE PRIORITY ACADEMIC STUDENT SKILLS (PASS).  THESE DVDS WILL BE USED BY MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS AS TOOLS THAT WILL ASSIST THEM IN INTRODUCING THEIR STUDENTS TO LESSONS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. 

COME AND WALK THE TRAILS AT THE RESERVE.  WE ARE WORKING HARD TO CLEAR ALL OF THE TRAILS AND MAKE THEM WALKER AND JOGGER FRIENDLY.

THE ROGERS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS EXCITED TO ONCE AGAIN ASSIST WITH THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY  (www.snomnh.ou.edu) SUMMER CAMP "EXPLOROLOGY".  THE CAMP WILL SPEND 4 DAYS AT THE RESERVE DOING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS WHERE THE FOCUS OF  STUDY WILL BE ON INSECTS AND AMPHIBIANS.  WHILE AT THE RESERVE, THE STUDENTS RANGING FROM 6TH-9TH GRADE, WILL DESIGN A RESEARCH PROJECT AND GATHER DATA THAT WILL BE PRESENTED WHEN THEY RETURN TO THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA.  THIS IS THE 3RD YEAR FOR THIS CAMP AND THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ROGERS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM.

THE ROGERS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST COOPERATORS, THE MASTER GARDENER ASSOCIATION OF ROGERS COUNTY (MGARC).  THE MGARC IS A NONPROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION WORKING WITH OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT THE ROGERS COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE LOCATED IN CLAREMORE.  THE MASTER GARDENERS WILL BE WORKING WITH THE ROGERS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT STAFF TO MANAGE AND BEAUTIFY THE BUTTERFLY GARDENS AND VEGETABLE GARDENS  AT THE RESERVE.  THIS WILL BE A JOINT EFFORT TO ALLOW BOTH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS TO REACH MORE OF THE CITIZENS/STUDENTS OF ROGERS COUNTY.  WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME OUT TO THE RESERVE AND SEE OUR "WORK IN PROGRESS".