Coverts Project

A covert is a place where different types of vegetation come together. This provides diverse wildlife habitat.

The Coverts Project teaches you about wildlife biology and management, provides reference materials, and instructs you on how to share your knowledge. Using your own strengths and interests, you will develop and implement a community outreach program using what you have learned. Classroom and field instruction includes:

• Wildlife ecology and biology
• Forest ecology
• Setting management goals and objectives
• Wildlife habitat management
• Conservation of green space
• Wetlands and vernal pools

Once accepted into the program, training and reference materials are free if you agree to spend at least 25 hours in the coming year sharing your knowledge with your community. Examples include:

• Give a talk
• Conduct a woodlot tour
• Do a program at school

Once you are a Coverts graduate, you will receive a Coverts newsletter.

Location: Tanglewood 4-H Camp

Lincolnville section of Camden Hills State Park

 

Time: September 11-14th, 1997

 

Accommodations

• two to five in each wood-heated cabin
• hot showers and flush toilets a short walk from the cabins
• bring your own sleeping bag
• family style meals in dining hall

 

Contact

Coverts

Cathy Elliott @ University of Maine

Cooperative Extension

5755 Nutting Hall

Orono, ME 04469-5755

1-800-287-0274, ext. 2892 or (207) 581-2892

The Covert Project is sponsored by the Ruffed Grouse Society

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