Haysville’s Corby Named Pheasants Forever Youth Education Coordinator in Kansas

PheasantsForever has named Rose Corby of Haysville,
Kansas, as the organization’s
first-ever Youth Education Coordinator in the state. Corby
will be working with the 40 Pheasants Forever chapters and 11 Quail Forever
chapters in the state, as well as other conservation organizations, to recruit
and increase youth participation in upland hunting and other outdoor
activities. 

Funding for
the new position was made possible by a collective effort that included Kansas
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever chapters, the Kansas Department of
Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, Pass It On! Outdoor Mentors, and the National Wild
Turkey Federation.

“We are
excited to create this special partnership in Kansas,” says Cheryl Riley, vice president
of education and outreach at Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever. “Rose will be
instrumental in bringing together conservation organizations throughout Kansas to involve young
people from diverse backgrounds in a wide variety of outdoor activities. Only
by getting families engaged can we hope to develop the next generation of
conservationists.”

Corby has been active in the Kansas Hunter Education Program
for 12 years, and she was named the 2010 “Kansas Hunter Education Instructor of
the Year.” She organized instructor workshops and hunter education classes and
was successful in establishing accredited Hunter Education Instructor courses
at Wichita State
University and Kansas State
University. 

“I am looking
forward to increasing the number of youths participating in existing outdoor
events and through the collaboration of the various organizations involved we
can expect to see a tremendous growth not only in attendance of our youths but
the number of events available throughout the state of Kansas,” says Rose
Corby, “It is through programs such as ‘Pass It On’, ‘No Child Left Indoors’,
and the Leopold Education Project that we can provide excellent opportunities
to educate our youths about the value of nature and the role that sportsmen
play in conserving our wildlife and their natural habitat.”

Corby is a
recent graduate of Wichita
State University.
She will be working from her home in Haysville and can be contacted at (316)
209-8118 or Email Rose.