Wild Spartans Series
Join 4-H staff for the "Wild Spartans" series for a look into life working with fisheries and wildlife! Follow along as we climb through bogs, peer into bear dens, mist net songbirds, snorkel for fish, or perhaps even tag deer. Meet researchers, learn about their field work, and the education and career path they've followed to get there.
LOCATION: Online Meeting will be held using the free app called Zoom.
Register for Wild Spartans here.
Each 60 minute session will feature 1-2 guest researchers. Youth will be encouraged to ask questions to learn more through a live Q&A with scientists.
Upcoming Program Dates and Topics:
Monthly Sessions will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. ET through March.
- Feb. 13, 2024 with Jeremiah Heise
- Join us on Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 6:30pm EST for “Seeing the Forest for the Wildlife.” You will meet Jeremiah Heise, Ecosystem Program Manager with the U.S. Forest Service, learn about his field work, and the education and career path he followed to get there. Youth will be encouraged to ask questions to learn more through a live Q&A. This free series is open to 4-H and non-4-H youth ages 12-19 years.
- March 12, 2024 with Licia Johnson
- Join us on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 at 6:30pm EST for “Nurturing & Inspiring a Love of the Northwoods” You will meet Naturalist and Education Director for the North Lakeland Discovery Center, Licia Johnson, learn about her field work, and the education and career path she followed to get there. Youth will be encouraged to ask questions to learn more through a live Q&A. This free series is open to 4-H and non-4-H youth ages 12-19 years.
Interested in being a Wild Spartans guest speaker? Fill out our interest form here (link)!
All event recordings are now available below!
Attended or viewed recordings? Please fill out our brief feedback form.
To learn more, contact:
Veronica Bolhuis, Anne Kretschmann, Seth Martin or Dr. Alexa Warwick.
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View previous 4-H Wild Spartan sessions
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Wild Spartans: Raptor Conservation with Libby Mojica
Published on January 12, 2021
In this 4-H Wild Spartans episode, we take to the skies to talk to an ornithologist about the raptors that inspire us! Learn about researching, protecting, and conserving raptors that soar our skies. Meet EDM wildlife biologist, Libby Mojica, learn about her field work, and the education and career path she followed to get there as she discusses “Raptor Conservation and Management: Working with Birds of Prey in Cities and Wildlands.”
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Wild Spartans: Invasive Species with Taylor Haas
Published on December 8, 2020
In this 4-H Wild Spartans episode, we go upstream to learn about sea lamprey, an oceanic species invading the Great Lakes. Meet MSU graduate researcher, Taylor Haas, learn about his field work, and the education and career path he followed to get there in his presentation, “Invasive Species and I: A Scientist’s Tale of Working with Wildlife from Elsewhere”.
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Wild Spartans: Science in Zookeeping & Conservation with Caitlin Mack
Published on November 10, 2020
In this 4-H Wild Spartans episode, we head to the sub-Sahara to learn about African painted (wild) dogs. Meet MSU graduate researcher, Caitlin Mack, learn about her work on the social behavior and conservation of these rare carnivores, and the education and career path she followed as she discusses “Science in Zookeeping and Conservation.”
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