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What are we all about?

Forestry - Forestry Protection, Forestry Uses, Forestry Management, Wildlife Management, Outdoor Recreation, Watershed Management, Range Management & Community Service 

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Outdoor Skills (Woodstravel) - First Aid, Fire Lighting Techniques, Outdoor Clothing, Shelter, Navigation, Outdoor Safety, Responsible Camping and Hiking, Knots & Lashings, Survival, Search & Rescue, Outdoor Equipment, Hikes & Camp-outs

 

Ecology - Enjoying the Outdoors, Classification, Interrelationships Between Species & their Environment, Environmental Changes (weather, climate)

 

Leadership - Planning, Responsibility, Cooperation, Leadership of Others, Community Service

Activities

Here are some of the activites we might be doing.

Forestry

  • Tour a fire tower, local fire hall or other fire suppression site

  • Play the Land Use Game

  • Tour a mill

  • Grow a seedling

  • Participate in a tree plant

  • Participate in wildlife management activity

  • Participate in a local hunter education program

  • Develop or revitalize a site or trail

  • Go on hike in the forest

Outdoor Skills

  • Take a First Aid course

  • Build a fire utilizing different materials

  • Prepare a meal over a fire 

  • Build and stay in a shelter

  • Complete an orienteering activity

  • Do a backpacking trip

  • Do a survival camp

  • Participate with your local search & rescue for training practices

  • Use your equipment on a campout

  • Go snowshoeing, hiking, canoeing, or cross country skiing 

Ecology

  • Go on a nature walk and see what you can find

  • Participate in a species count

  • Construct simple weather instruments and use them to predict the weather 

  • Tour a weather station

  • Tour a previous forest fire area and learn about the benefits of fires

Leadership

  • Plan and participate in club activities 

  • Plan a club day hike

  • Assist the leaders of your club to plan an activity

  • Teach younger wardens

  • Coordinate a special event for your club

  • Lead a hike 

  • Plan and lead a community service project

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Forestry

  • Learning about trees & forest

  • Insects or diseases that impact forests

  • Forest fires - what to do

  • Impacts of weather

  • Wood products, processing techniques

  • Silviculture & timber management

  • Understand how wildlife is critical to the management of our forests

  • Knowledge of plants and animals that depend on the lands around you

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Outdoor Skills

  • First Aid

  • Knowledge of fire lighting, uses, safety and suppression

  • Outdoor Survival - use of shelter and clothing & knots

  • Learn how to use a map and compass

  • Learn how to use the outdoors responsibly for our environment and ourselves

  • Practice what you have learned in a real - life situations

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Ecology

  • Foster appreciation curiosity & excitement of our natural world

  • Identify, classify and investigate living things

  • Animals and habitats

  • Learn about the relationship between species & their environment

  • Learn about the effect of weather and climate change on the environment

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Leadership

  • Learn how to plan club programs

  • Gain confidence and responsibility 

  • Cooperate with others in your clubs

  • Teach others

  • Participate in global environmental concerns

  • Participate in community service projects

What does that look like?

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Mission, Vision & Values

Mission Statement:
The Alberta Junior Forest Wardens Association, a leading family oriented organization, fosters an understanding and respect for our natural environment through educational programs, leadership and outdoor skills.

Vision Statement:
Youth and families who are responsible citizens showing leadership, while respecting our natural environment.

Value Statements:

  • The Alberta Junior Forest Warden Association values safe, challenging and rewarding outdoor programs for families, that help develop respect for ourselves, each other, and our natural environment.

  • We value partnerships that help sustain our programs and provide us with opportunities for growth.

  • We value our youth, parents, leaders and volunteers by ensuring ongoing opportunities for training and education that create an atmosphere for life-long learning.

  • We value an environment that provides positive leadership and inspires personal growth in our youth, parents, leaders and volunteers.

  • We value our communities by sharing our responsibility for the environment and community through involvement in projects and activities.

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Family, Fun, & The Communities we Love.

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