Dungeness River Audubon Center Programs

To participate in one of our events, or to contact us about having our staff or volunteers make a presentation to your group or classroom, please call 360-681-4076.

School Programs and Field Trips

Adult Classes and Presentations

Citizen Science Projects (Bird Counts)

Gunnar And Francis Fagerlund Internship Program

Research at RRBP

Summer camp

 

  10 Education Goals for the Dungeness River Audubon Center

1) Continued broad focus on both children and adult education, using the Dungeness watershed, its wild inhabitants, natural history, and the wise use of natural resources as central themes.

2) Have established school visitation programs by Audubon Center staff and volunteers to K - 12 classrooms, covering specific lessons in ecology, birds, other vertebrates, watersheds, human uses of natural resources, stewardship, and conservation, focusing on hands-on activities and the Washington State EALRS.

3) Provide specific curriculum for 4th through 8th grades targeting the Dungeness watershed, how humans use and affect this watershed, and the fish, wildlife, and native plants of riverine habitats.  This curriculum will include both in-class lessons and field trips to various locations in the watershed.

4) Continued field trips for all grades to the Audubon Center and Railroad Bridge Park, focusing on hands-on data collection about organisms in the river and riverside forests.

5) Have three week-long day camps for grades 3 – 5 focusing on fun science projects, arts and crafts, river research, and other hands-on activities.   

6) A well-developed intern program for high school and college students, providing equipment and mentoring for individual research projects related to the watershed and wildlife.

7) Have regular programs at the Audubon Center covering a wide variety of natural history, conservation, science, and natural resource topics, aimed particularly at adults, but also suitable for older children.  We particularly wish to provide a location where professional resource managers and researchers can translate their knowledge and information to the public, in language all can understand.

8) Have a vibrant corps of adult and youth docents who are active in Audubon Center education programs as teachers, learners, and supporters.  Provide support for docents and other educators to create lessons about the river and its wild inhabitants.

9) Have informative exhibits, including hands-on activities and computer-aided lessons, in the Audubon Center building for drop-in visitors to learn about the Dungeness watershed and other topics.

10) Provide a self-guided nature trail available in Railroad Bridge Park, with published trail guide containing informative details about the river, habitats, and wildlife of the area.