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Project Wild America Youth Ambassadors: Another Successful Year

Posted on Sep 27, 2017

Project Wild America Youth Ambassadors: Another Successful Year

In honor of Wild America Wednesday, we thought it would be appropriate to celebrate another successful year of RTPI’s Project Wild America (PWA) Youth Ambassadors Program! Beginning in 2015, PWA began with a small group of ambitious students ready to roll up their sleeves and get dirty as they got acquainted with the Chadakoin River and the surrounding urban ecosystem within the City of Jamestown. Fast-forward to 2017, our crew has grown as have as our projects. We hope you enjoy this selection of photos from the summer season as well as the report for this year’s program.  ...

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Calling All Wild American Students!

Posted on Apr 7, 2017

Calling All Wild American Students!

Are you interested in pursuing a career in environmental biology or environmental education? Are you a junior or senior in high school, or a college student looking for an exciting summer packed with relevant experience? Please consider joining the Roger Tory Peterson Institute’s Project Wild America Youth Ambassador program. Through this program you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside RTPI biologists and staff as they investigate, monitor and improve habitat for unusual and threatened species in the City of Jamestown, as well as raise public awareness and increase...

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Quick Update With More to Come!

Posted on Sep 7, 2016

Quick Update With More to Come!

Hey all! It’s been a while! I just wanted to give a quick update on the Project Wild America Youth Ambassadors with a promise that there will be a lot more info, pictures and posts to come! Overall the summer went splendidly! We logged hundreds of hours surveying the Chadakoin River Corridor and spent ample time reaching out the the community to showcase all the species found within the area. Through the course of the 6-week program our PWA students successfully identified 286+ different species and conducted nearly a dozen different types of surveys. I’ll have more to report on...

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European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)

Posted on Jul 28, 2016

European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)

Today our Project Wild America crew let me play with one of their recent encounters, a European Mantis (Mantis religiosa). Jamestown’s urban habitats are just full of cool surprises!

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Huge Thank You!

Posted on Jul 25, 2016

Huge Thank You!

During NY Invasive Species Awareness Week RTPI hosted a number of events raising awareness about local invasive species and conducted several survey efforts with their Project Wild America Youth Ambassadors. One of the events, Water Chestnut Chasers, resulted in the PWA crew and RTPI staff kayaking the outlet of Chautauqua Lake in search of this pesky plant. Survey efforts came up negative (whew!), but a very positive experience exploring the wild shorelines of the Chadakoin River was had. As a result of this successful trip, we want to extend a BIG thank you to Conewango Kayak Canoe...

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