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
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.
Pheasants Forever,
including its quail conservation division, Quail Forever, is the
nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat
conservation. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have more than 130,000 members
and 700 local chapters across the United States
and Canada.
Chapters are empowered to determine how 100 percent of their locally raised
conservation funds are spent, the only national conservation organization that
operates through this truly grassroots structure.
This press release is presented without editing for your
information. GRIT does not recommend, approve or
endorse the products and/or services offered. You should use your own judgment
and evaluate products and services carefully before deciding to purchase.
