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The new Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators is an updated and expanded version of the award-winning (2001 Public Relations Society of America Bronze Anvil Award for Interactive Communications and 2002 Telly Award) and very popular (over 40,000 kits distributed in all 50 states and U.S. territories and over a dozen countries across the world) Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit for Teachers and Interpreters first published in 2001. ![]() The Toolkit profiles climate stewards in all 11 ecoregions. Here, students participate in the Baldwin County Grasses in Classes program to help grow native plants for wetland and dune restoration projects.
BackgroundBy 2007 it was clear that the kit should be updated and expanded. The new toolkit’s materials are grounded in government approved, current information (including IPCC reports, US Global Change Research Program assessments, recent research by federal agencies) on climate science and impacts to wildlife and their habitats in specific eco-regions of the U.S. Specifically, it features:
The new case studies and activities have been reviewed by scientists and educators in all 7 agencies involved in the creation of the kit. The collaboration of the 7 federal agencies and bureaus working together to develop an educational kit on climate change is unprecedented. The results of the effort are of the highest quality in the areas of climate science, environmental education, and stewardship information. On behalf of all the agencies involved in the creation of the Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators, we invite you to use the information and lessons contained in it to educate, inspire, and engage students everywhere to become stewards of our nation’s wildlife and the habitats on which they depend!
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