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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><EM>Karen
Herzenberg</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Instructional Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rio Grande Nature Center State Park</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2901 Candelaria Rd NW</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Albuquerque, NM 87107</FONT></DIV>
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href="mailto:Karen.Herzenberg@state.nm.us">Karen.Herzenberg@state.nm.us</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone: 505-344-7240</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax: 505-344-4505</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=#ff0000>N<SPAN
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<H1 style="BACKGROUND: #f4ffe3; MARGIN: auto 0in auto 7.5pt"><FONT color=#0000cc
size=5>The Bosque Education Guide : Workshops</FONT></H1>
<H2 style="BACKGROUND: #f4ffe3; MARGIN: auto 0in auto 7.5pt"><EM><FONT
color=#006633 size=3>Upcoming Bosque Education Guide Workshops</FONT></EM></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Friday, January 4, 2008<BR>Friday, March 28, 2008</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Monday, June 30, 2008</FONT></P>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: #f4ffe3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#003333
size=3>Location: The Rio Grande Nature Center State Park 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
You must pre-register at: (505) 344-7240, or email: </FONT><A
href="mailto:%20Karen.Herzenberg@state.nm.us" target=_blank><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Karen.Herzenberg@state.nm.us</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#003333 size=3> </FONT></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: #f4ffe3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#003333
size=3>The Bosque Education Guide is a major revision of the popular curriculum
to teach about the Middle Rio Grande Valley ecosystem. The new edition is 621
pages and has activities for elementary through high school. The main activity
has students set up a paper and cloth model of the river valley, placing plants
and animals in the appropriate environments to show the bosque ecosystem as it
was before major human alteration, then changing the pieces around to show how
humans have changed things in the last century. Finally, students conduct
restoration projects on the model to see how land managers can maintain as much
of the biodiversity and natural processes of the ecosystem with out compromising
the safety of our communities. The Guide has many activities to be done with
students on field trips as well as in the classroom or schoolyard. Topics
include, the geology of the valley, surface and groundwater, the demands on the
river's water budget, natural history information and human influence, several
mapping activities and two web quests. The final chapter helps teachers plan
service-learning projects with their students. A substantial background section
and appendices including correlations to the New Mexico education standards
round out the book.</FONT></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: #f4ffe3"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#003333>Participants will receive the curriculum and additional teaching
kit materials. These workshops are offered to educators through funding from the
PNM Resources Foundation. Co-sponsored by the </FONT><STRONG><A
href="http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org"><FONT color=#606420>NM Museum of Natural
History & Science</FONT></A></STRONG><FONT color=#003333> and the
</FONT><STRONG><A href="http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/RGNC.htm">Rio Grande
Nature Center State Park</A></STRONG><FONT color=#003333> with long-term support
from the </FONT><STRONG><A href="http://www.fws.gov/">US Fish and
Wildlife</A></STRONG><FONT color=#003333> Service's Bosque Initiative
Group.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: #f4ffe3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#003333
size=3>Plan to be both inside and outside for the workshop, so dress in
comfortable clothes for the weather that day. Bring sack lunch, hat, water and
sunscreen. </FONT></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: #f4ffe3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#003333
size=3>Cost is $3 for parking at the Rio Grande Nature Center.</FONT></P>
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