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Summer/Fall
2013
Sables
eNewsletter
Inside
Pg. 1 Education Sables President’s Message
Pg. 2 AWLS High School Program
Pg. 4 Volunteers Work on AWLS Facility
Pg. 5 Sables Training Session
Pg. 6 SCI Guides & Outfitters meet at AWLS
Pg. 7 Mossy Oak at AWLS in 2013
Pg. 8 SCIF Scholarship Committee Successes
Pg. 9 First SCIF International Scholar
Pg. 10 Education Grants to SCI Chapters
Pg. 11 SCIF Education Sables Luncheon & Auction
Pg. 12 Partners Sponsor Educator
Professional Development
Pg. 14 2013 Norm Strung Youth Writing Awards
Sables Mission
To further the understanding of our outdoor heritage,
including the positive role of hunting, through the
creation and support of wildlife conservation
education programs that are consistent with the
educational mission and purposes of SCI and SCIF.
Join Online at www.SafariClubFoundation.org
Education Sables memberships:
• $50 Education Advocate
• $75 3-year membership
• $500 Life membership (SCI Life members
pay only $250 for an Education Sables
Life Membership)
For information on Donations, Committees and Membership,
visit our website www.safariclubfoundaton.org/sables, contact the
SCIF Education Department at 877-877-3265 or E-mail to
[email protected]
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2013-2014 SABLES GOVERNING BOARD & STEERING COMMITTEES
President: Sandra Sadler
[email protected]
830-640-3256
Secretary: JoDean Peters
[email protected]
253-988-2727
Vice President: Veronica Kosich Treasurer: Ann Maki
[email protected]
[email protected]
518-965-0283
307-654-7135
DIRECTORS:
Director: Robin Jerauld
[email protected]
607-988-6875
Director: Merle Shepard
[email protected]
313-268-1727
Director: Vicki Swan
[email protected]
Alt. Director: Stacee FrostKleinsmith
[email protected]
907-277-4663
ELECTORS AT-LARGE POSITIONS:
Richard McDevitt
[email protected]
248-474-7028
Marty Paulin
[email protected]
805-736-8035
DISTRICT ELECTORS:
Barbara DeGraw
[email protected]
858-539-9925
Len Dickinson
[email protected]
613-257-7181
Mary Predovich
[email protected]
303-688-3591
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE:
Chair: Veronica Kosich
[email protected]
518-965-0283
CHAPTER SABLES REP
AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:
Chair: Len Dickinson
[email protected]
613-257-7181
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE:
Chair: Eddie Grasser
[email protected]
907-745-6166
CONVENTION TEAM
Chair: Sherry Maddox
[email protected]
502-253-9679
Publications: Ginger Byrum
[email protected]
406-287-5076
2013-2014 EDUCATION
SABLES COMMITTEES
Chair: Sandra Sadler
[email protected]
830-640-3256
Vice Chair: Veronica Kosich
[email protected]
518-965-0283
EDUCATION FINANCE
SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair: Ann Maki
[email protected]
307-654-7135
GRANTS SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair: Robin Jerauld
[email protected]
607-988-6875
Vice Chair: Eddie Grasser
[email protected]
907-745-6166
AWLS SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair: Barbara DeGraw
[email protected]
858-539-9925
Vice Chair: Merle Shepard
[email protected]
313-268-1727
SCHOLARSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair – Steve Skold
[email protected]
515-264-8420
STAFF LIAISONS:
Sue Hankner
[email protected]
520-620-1220
Todd Roggenkamp
[email protected]
520-954-0664
Karen Crehan
[email protected]
520-620-1220
Stephanie Gary
[email protected]
520-620-1220
Education Sables President Message
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BY SANDRA SADLER, SCIF SABLES PRESIDENT
his is my first time
to write for the
quarterly Education
Sables electronic
newsletter. My
message is to encourage you to read the
newsletter to gain an understanding of
what Sables are about. I hope you enjoy
the many photos and the articles about
SCI Foundation education programs.
This newsletter is a way for Sables to
share what they are doing and the
successes of the education programs.
At the recent annual Sables strategic
planning meeting we reviewed
measured impacts of programs and
updated the plan. One significant
success is that more educators attended
the American Wilderness Leadership
School (AWLS) due to the increased
number of chapters, SCI members, HLF,
Sables, Corporations (Mossy Oak and
Cabelas) that sponsored them. With
more AWLS graduates there are more
youth being taught conservation lessons
and learning shooting sports.
More Hands On Wildlife Kits were
purchased and gifted to AWLS alumni
who learned how to use the kit in
teaching their students. It is an
instruction tool for teaching about the
North American Model of Conservation
and wildlife ecology to the very young
to the more mature students. We are
seeking financial support to increase the
number of kits being distributed and
used during this next year.
Through Education Sables grants
awarded to SCI Chapters and national
youth organizations more youth are
participating in conservation, hunter
education and shooting sports activities.
We can reach more youth through our
collaborative partnerships.
Twenty-one college students majoring
in a conservation related field were
awarded college scholarships this year.
The first international scholarship was
established.
Education successes are dependent
upon having funds to support them.
Funds are raised in these means. Sables
Annual Luncheon Show and Auctions
presents opportunity to buy generously
donated live and silent auction items
and to delight in fun country western
entertainment. A sale in Sables
merchandise booth produces a source of
revenue. The 2014 SCI Convention
Saturday Night Dream Hunt III auction
item is an awesome mountain nyala
hunt in Ethiopia with Nassos and Jason
Roussos Ethopian Rift Valley Safaris, a
mountain nyala painting by Joshua
Spies and a MGM custom made rilfe.
All proceeds from these auctions and
booth sales are dedicated to SCI
Foundation Education Sables.
Make plans to attend the 2014 SCI
Convention in Las Vegas, NV and come
to the Sables Luncheon Show & Auction
February 7 to help Sables raise funds for
education programs. Reserve a seat for
the Saturday Night Dinner and bid on
Dream Hunt III.
Education Sables are women and men
who volunteer their time and energy
and donate to SCI Foundation education
programs. These many dedicated
volunteers are making a difference. Join
Sables in Las Vegas as they pursue their
dream of ‘continuing our hunting
heritage’ with more youth actively
engaged in hunting and educating more
people about the positive role of hunting
in conservation and wildlife
management. ♦
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American Wilderness Leadership School
High School Program
D
uring the first week of July
2013 high school students from
around the United States attended
the Safari Club International
Foundation’s American Wilderness
Leadership School (AWLS) located
in the mountains near Jackson,
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Wyoming. Most of these students
are hunters, shooting sports
competitors, outdoor enthusiasts
and youth leaders in their own
communities.
The AWLS program introduced them
to each other through team building
activities indoors and outdoors.
Learning to work as a team is
important when individuals from
different perspectives come together to
learn, research and to discuss current
wildlife management predicaments.
In this case, the topic was around the
question: “Should the sage grouse be
listed as endangered?”
After team building activities, the
workshop took students into the realm
of how our government works, how to
influence it effectively, understanding
individual differences in personalities
and attitudes and how that plays into
working together. That was the
important component related to using
one’s power of influence.
Each student was presented with a
description of a perspective on Day 1
that he/she had to research and
present to the group in a roundtable
discussion. Learning about
conservation, North American wildlife
management principles and
personally observing habitat and
mating grounds of sage grouse that is
now dotted with natural gas field
operations helped students to better
understand the multiple perspectives
on the grouse topic. Students heard
directly from Wyoming Game & Fish
biologists studying the sage grouse on
their field trip to the Pinedale,
Wyoming community. They also
learned about important economics
and political views within the
community.
On another day, a hike up the
mountain for an overnight camping
trip presented more informal learning
about flora and fauna in the area
around the AWLS facility. Those
hiking the highest had an opportunity
to frolic in the snow that remained
during this July 4 celebration.
All of this learning concluded with
each student presenting his/her
assigned perspective related to listing
the sage grouse as endangered.
Learning about the many perspectives
of an issue enables students to gain an
understanding of their own viewpoint
so they can be in a better position to
advocate for what they believe.
At AWLS, learning is fun and
everlasting and these students will
remember their experience for many
years to come. They are the future
conservationists and advocates for
the sportsman’s view of wildlife
management and the shooting
sports. ♦
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Volunteers! Working to Make
the AWLS Facility Better!
W
ork weekend
has now
become Work Week!
Thirty five SCI and
Sables volunteers arrived at AWLS
between Memorial Weekend and the
following week to attend to various
work projects. Raking, mowing,
painting, cleaning and more was on
the “To Do” list. The annual Work
Week marks the end of winter in the
Granite Creek canyon and the opening
of the American Wilderness
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Leadership School for a summer
season of professional development
for educators and a one week
workshop for high school students.
All of the planned work projects were
completed and produced
cost savings. ♦
Thanks to the many
dedicated volunteers
who gave so
generously of their
time and talent!
Training: Chapter Education
Committee Chairs & Sables Rep
J
une 2013 a training session was held
for Chapter Sables Reps and
Education Committee Chairs at the
American Wilderness Leadership
School near Jackson Hole, WY. The fee
included ground transportation to and
from the airport, instruction, recreation
activities, lodging and food.
Len Dickinson, Chair of Education
Sables Membership & Rep
Committee, collaborated with Sue
Hankner, SCIF Director of Education
and Todd Roggenkamp, Deputy
Director of Education to present
information and examples of how
chapters can take advantage of
participation in Sables Education
programs.
They learned about grants that are
available to chapters to support their
education activities, how to complete
required application forms and how
to report the results. They
participated in a ‘Taste of AWLS’
curriculum that helps them to
explain what AWLS is about and
what an educator might expect from
attending the program. Participants
learned about collaborative efforts
between Chapter Sables Committees
and Chapter Education Committees
within SCI Chapters. The training
session also offered a wonderful
opportunity to network with Sables
Reps from other parts of the country.
Education Sables adopted a new
elections process that took effect with
2012 officer, director and electors
elections. That process offers Chapter
Sables Reps direct participation in
elections as District Electors. District
electors are invited to participate in
monthly Sables Governing Board
calls as a way to learn more about
education and Sables programs.
Watch for future Training Sessions
being held at the American
Wilderness Leadership School. ♦
SCI Foundation
Education Sables
Committee Programs
American Wilderness
Leadership Schools
(AWLS)
Chapter Youth Grants
Hands On Wildlife
Learning Kit
SCIF Scholarships
Matching Grants
Sables Hunting Heritage
Scholarships
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SCI Guides & Outfitters Meeting at AWLS
T
he American Wilderness
Leadership School in Jackson,
Wyoming was the location of the
summer 2013 meeting of the SCI
Guides and Outfitters. Utilizing the
spacious meeting room in the lodge,
there were many topics on the agenda
for discussion and several guest
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speakers. Evenings were a very good
time for informal business
conversations on the large porch as the
meeting members viewed Granite
Creek wildlife and watched moose
and deer walk nearby.
AWLS provided transportation to
and from the airport as well as to and
from an evening dinner event in
Jackson, meeting room space, lodging
and fine dining was prepared by
AWLS Chef Aaron Widom.
When planning your next leadership
meeting or corporate retreat contact
AWLS for available dates. AWLS is
located in Granite Creek canyon south
of Jackson, Wyoming in the Bridger
Teton National Forest. Granite Creek
Hot Springs is nearby in the canyon
where you can relax and release stress.
AWLS has shooting ranges, 3D and
target archery ranges, and fishing
recreation activities on site with
mountain hiking trailheads within
walking distance of the facility
The price is right, accommodations
quite modern, food is mighty fine,
and internet WiFi available. Most
available dates are late August, and
all of September and October.
Contact the SCIF Education
Department for available dates by
calling 520-620-1220 X231. ♦
AWLS is about presenting the science of conservation and the positive role of hunting.
The North American Model of Wildlife Management is the core of conservation understanding.
Mossy Oak at AWLS in 2013
A
llison Carter, from Mossy Oak
Marketing Department,
participated alongside a Mossy Oak
sponsored teacher from Mississippi in
the American Wilderness Leadership
School Educator Workshop 1 June 12 –
19, 2013. Allison had her camera and
video in all classes recording what,
where, when and how teachers
learned in this outdoor hands-on
conservation education and shooting
sports college level course.
As an AWLS champion, Mossy Oak
sponsored educators and presented
each AWLS 2013 attendee with a Mossy
Oak cap, tablet, small backpack, pen
and a discount coupon to use when
purchasing Mossy Oak products.
“AWLS was such an amazing
adventure and learning experience.
The teachers had a great time and it
was inspiring to see those with little
experience, embrace it. I am proud to
say that I recently joined the SCIF
Sables and stand behind their values
and dedication to our educators.” ♦
Thank You,
Mossy Oak,
for supporting
educators and
AWLS!
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SCI Foundation Scholarship Committee Successes
T
he SCI Foundation Scholarship
Committee sets goals for, and
oversees, SCIF College scholarship
programs which are SCIF
undergraduate 4-year degree
scholarships, college junior and senior
scholarships and Sables Hunting
Heritage Endowed Scholarships. An
Education Sables strategic plan goal
has been to fully endow each of the
Sables Hunting Heritage Scholarships
to the $100,000 level and that goal was
met May 2013. Sables Hunting
Heritage Scholarships are: Unity
College, University of Montana,
University of Idaho, Texas A&M
Kingsville, and University of West
Virginia. College junior and senior
women studying wildlife ecology are
eligible for a Sables Hunting Heritage
Scholarship at these universities.
In May, the Scholarship Committee
adopted long term plans that supports
the growth of the existing scholarships
and that adds the development and
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An Education Sables strategic plan goal has been to fully
endow each of the Sables Hunting Heritage Scholarships
to the $100,000 level and that goal was met May 2013.
establishment of international
scholarships.
Recently, the committee sought to
create an international scholarship and
through funding from the SCIF Hunter
Legacy 100 Fund, the first international
scholarship is established. Students in
the Protected Management and Field
Rangers programs at the South African
Wildlife College in South Africa are
now eligible to apply for these
scholarships.
Each year the Scholarship Committee
awards scholarships to students who
apply and are recommended by a SCI
Chapter. Scholars may attend the
college of his/her choice. Applications
are due April 15. The committee
awarded the following scholarships in
May 2013. ♦
New Scholarships Awarded for fall 2013
Nicole Lynch
Rebecca Little
Jack Kline
Undergraduates – 4 year Scholarship:
University of Maine
Utah State University
University of Wisconsin – Steven’s Point
College Junior/Senior - 2 year Scholarship:
Coleson Wrege
Lake Superior State University
Savannah Brown
Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College
First SCIF International Scholar
T
he SCI Foundation Scholarship Committee has explored
the idea of establishing international scholarships which
are scholarships at colleges and universities on continents
outside the United States. Thanks to the generous support
of the Hunter Legacy 100 Fund the first International
Scholarships were established in 2013.
The South African Wildlife College
Higher Certificate in Nature
Conservation is the first SCI Foundation
international scholarship program with
Mr. Fanwell Muzengeza from the
Zambian Wildlife Authority is the first
selected scholar. The objective of the
program Mr. Muzengeza is enrolled in
is to equip protected area managers with the skills needed
to face key challenges facing conservation today.
With various factors, such as the growing demand for
protected commodities such as rhino horn, it has become
progressively important for conservation organizations to
equip the custodians of our natural resources with the skills
to tackle the testing times ahead. Relevant skills learned
include managing and conserving a natural resource or
protected area according to an integrated management
approach and to manage community and tourism
development within the natural or protected area,
sustainably and in cooperation with local communities.
We wish Mr. Muzengeza great success in his career and
look forward to hearing from him as he implements his
knowledge and skills in the field. ♦
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Education Grants to SCI Chapters
E
ducation Sables distributed a total of
$87,703 to chapters and organizations in
the 2013 fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.
Matching grants totaled $17,703 to 15
different SCI chapters. Four different
organizations share $15,000 Conservation
Education Grants and eleven chapters
collectively received $55,000 in grants.
July 1 began the 2014 fiscal year and more
Education Sables grant dollars will be
available to SCI Chapters. Matching grant
applications are accepted throughout the
year with awards made in September,
December, March and June. Chapter Youth
Grants are awarded only in April with
applications due April 1, 2014.
Now is a very good time for Chapters to
be thinking, planning and submitting grants
that enable them to introduce more youth to
conservation and shooting sports. ♦
For more information,
contact Todd Roggenkamp at
[email protected]
or at (520) 954-0664.
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Partners Sponsor Educator
Professional Development
T
his summer nearly 200
educators from across the
United States and Canada participated in SCI Foundation’s American
Wilderness Leadership School
(AWLS) professional development
conservation education course.
It is a hands-on opportunity to
learn about the North American
Model of Wildlife Management.
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The American Wilderness
Leadership School (AWLS), located in
Jackson, Wyoming offers a collegelevel course in ‘conservation’ –
understanding natural resources
management, and more specifically,
management of wildlife. Individual
classes in this seven-day workshop
include stream ecology, riparian
ecology, human impacts on wildlife
habitat, introduction to shooting sports
and instructor certification for the
National Archery in the Schools
Program (NASP).
Sponsorship to AWLS is provided
by SCI/F Chapters, Education Sables
(SCI member organization focused on
education), Hunter Legacy 100 Fund
(SCI members), individual SCI
members, and corporate partners
Mossy Oak and Cabelas. Five
intensive seven-day sessions were held
to help these key educators embrace
the hunting tradition and assist them
in integrating it with science, math,
language arts and social studies that
can be taught both inside and outside
the classroom.
The financial investment of these
sponsors is making a difference in
what educators are presenting to
youth they teach. Surveys of AWLS
alumni are showing over 87% are
teaching conservation to their
students and that 66% alumni are
participating in shooting sports. We
know that those AWLS educator
alumni will reach more youth who
will then learn about conservation
and the positive role of hunting.
Recruitment of educators for the 2014
AWLS summer session has already
begun and statistics
show that Fall and
winter are the best
times to recruit those
educators. AWLS
alumni can also help
recruit more educators. ♦
For more information, please contact
the SCIF Education Department
at (520) 620-1220 ext. 231
or email Todd Roggenkamp at
[email protected].
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2013 Norm Strung Youth Writing Awards
Contest Winners Announced
literary collection, or similar
The annual contest has categories for
Outdoor Writers Association of
publication.
poetry and prose in two divisions:
America (OWAA) awarded 12 Norm
First-place winners in all categories
junior (grades 6-8) and senior (grades
Strung Youth Writing prizes totaling
received $250, second-place winners
9-12), and entries must be outdoors
$1,700, sponsored by Safari Club
received $125 and third-place winners
oriented and previously published in
International Foundation Education
received $50. This year’s winners are:
a newsletter, newspaper, magazine,
Sables.
JUNIOR PROSE
JUNIOR POETRY
• First place: "One Feisty Fish" by Jessica Robach; Perry, Mich.
• First place: "Ode to a Crocus" by Claire Dauge-Roth; Bath, Maine
(Michigan Outdoor News)
(Festival of Poetry - The Center for Teaching and Learning)
• Second place: "Big Fish, Bigger Smiles" by Sarah Zumbrock; Grand
• Second place: "Seven Twister" by Wallace Jackson; Edgecomb, Maine
Rapids, Mich.
(Acorns - The Center for Teaching and Learning)
(Michigan Outdoor News)
• Third place: "Harvest Song" by Haley Hughes; Gallipolis, Ohio
• Third place: "The Best Teal Hunt Ever" by Seth Abel; Johnstown, Ohio
(Ohio Outdoor News)
(Ohio Outdoor News)
SENIOR POETRY
SENIOR PROSE
• First place: "Memory Slope" by Darby Martin; Moscow, Idaho
• First place: "Dropping from November Skies" by Cole Brody; Faribault, Minn.
(The Spokesman-Review)
(Minnesota Outdoor News)
• Second place: "Changes of Autumn" by Stephen Miller; Coloma, Mich.
• Second place: "What Archery Hunting Means to Me" by Gina Palmiter;
(Michigan Outdoor News)
Clarks Summit, Pa. (Pennsylvania Outdoor News)
• Third place: "I Am From" by Jake Marshall; Rhinebeck, N.Y.
• Third place: "The Detail's in the Devils" by Tanner Hardy; Spokane,Wash.
(New York Outdoor News)
(The Spokesman-Review)
Winning entries from this year’s
contest will be printed in the
December/January issue of Outdoors
Unlimited, OWAA’s official trade
publication.
The Norm Strung Youth Writing
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Contest was named for Norm Strung,
who served as OWAA president in
1984-1985. Now deceased, Strung
received OWAA’s Excellence in Craft
award in 1989. In 1988, Strung was the
Ham Brown recipient for service to
OWAA. That same year, he organized
and edited a book for OWAA titled
“Selling the Outdoor Story.” He was
also recognized as the Outstanding
OWAA Board member in 1975. ©
The deadline for next year’s entries is March 17, 2014.
For complete contest rules and more information, visit
http://owaa.org/programs/contests/norm-strung-youth-writing-awards.
Sables Membership
Education Sables is dedicated to SCIF Education programs
that pass on the conservation message to future generations.
SCIF Education programs support hunting advocacy efforts.
All funds raised by Education Sables is dedicated to SCIF
Education Programs
Grants
College Scholarships
Hands On Wildlife Kit
American Wilderness Leadership School
Join us in our mission of educating future generations
of conservationists and hunters.
$ 50 > Education Advocate
$ 75 > 3-year membership
$ 500 > Life membership
(SCI Life members pay only $250 for an Education Sables Life membership)
Please visit our website for additional information: www.safariclubfoundation.org/sables,
contact the SCIF Education Department at 877-877-3265, or E-mail to [email protected]
Safari Club International
Foundation Education Sables
2013-2014 COMMITTEE SERVICE APPLICATION
Committee Interests: (Serving a one year term)
I am interested in Chairing (Mark with a C) or – Serving as a Member (Mark with an M) on the following
SCIF Education Sables and/or Sables Committee(s):
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SCIF Education Sables Committee Member
AWLS Programs ( Work-Weekend,
Hands On Wildlife (HOW)
Education Finance
Convention Team
Education Grants (Matching Grants,
Chapter Youth Programs Grants)
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Scholarships (Foundation, Sables Hunting Heritage)
Chapter Sables Committee Reps
Sables Governance
Sables Membership/Rep
Sables Elections Committee
Please list any other interests you have and what experience you bring to the organization:
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Name (please print) ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________ State _________ Zip Code ________________________________
Email ______________________________________________________ Phone ________________________________________________
Please return this form by way of fax, mail or Email to:
Karen Crehan
Phone: 520-620-1220, ext 231
Education Sables Program Coordinator Fax: 520-618-3538
4800 West Gates Pass Road
E-mail: [email protected]
Tucson, AZ 85745-9490
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