| Kentucky Bluebird
Society
Outdoor
Classroom Enrichment Program (OCEP) -
“Conservation
through Education”
As part of the KBS Outdoor
Classroom Enrichment Program:
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KBS representatives will give
a video or slide presentation at any school interested in participating
in an outdoor classroom program related to bluebird conservation.
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KBS will conduct workshops concerning:
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the proper way to build approved
bluebird nesting boxes,
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how to organize and properly monitor
a bluebird trail (a bluebird trail has a minimum of five properly placed
nesting boxes).
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KBS will provide up to five (5)
bluebird nesting boxes to any school that has an area available to place
them properly (click
here for information about requesting boxes).
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KBS will provide up to five (5)
posts for nesting boxes to be mounted on. They can be mounted on either
wooden or metal posts.
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KBS representatives will help
organize the trail and supervise the placement of nesting boxes. The trail
can then be named and registered as part of the Trans-Kentucky Bluebird
Trail.
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KBS will furnish educational materials
to the class responsible for maintaining and keeping accurate records on
the production of bluebirds from the trail.
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KBS will furnish the proper forms
for monitoring the nesting boxes once each week plus a year-end report
form.
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KBS will issue a framed certificate
and register the trail on the Trans-Kentucky
Bluebird Trail. Every school’s bluebird trail will be part of the TKBT.
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KBS representatives will be ready
to help with any problems during the nesting season.
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The class will provide KBS with
a complete and accurate record of the results of their trail at the end
of the nesting season.
“YOUR SCHOOL CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE”
For additional information,
contact Ed Ray, the KBS Education Director, by e-mail at edrayosprey@yahoo.com
or by phone at 270-924-5831. If interested in participating in the KBS
Outdoor Classroom Enrichment Program, please complete the application
form and submit it to: Kentucky Bluebird Society, P.O. Box 3425, Paducah,
KY 42002.
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