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Indiana Contest Information

Rules: 4-H/FFA Judging Handbook (menu bar)

Contest Results

Informational Flier

CDE pictures

National 4-H Wildlife Habitat

(2008 National 4-H CDE to be near OK State Univ, July 23-27)

Purdue's everything WILDLIFE

IDNR Wildlife Habitat Improvement

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (click on "Kids & Educators")

Youth Natural Resource programs home page

INDIANA Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program (WHEP)

The primary purpose of this educational event is to increase youth understanding of wildlife ecology and management practices. In addition to learning about wildlife, several other skills are developed, including: team work, oral and written communication, decision making, leadership,  and interpersonal/social skills.

This event is sponsored by Purdue Extension, The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, The Indiana Wildlife Society, and Indiana FFA

Next Indiana WHEP CDE -- Sept 20, 2008 (Details)

  • Changes being implemented in 2008.
  • The CDE will be held in the Fall: September 20, 2008
  • Other changes TBA
  • There will be 3 idividual events (foods, photos, and identifications). No oral reasons will be given with any of these events.
  • Team Event: write a management plan and give oral reasons as a team.

Training Materials

Teaching Wildlife Habitat Evaluation

Developing a Wildlife Management Plan

Food Flashcards

Evaluating Wildlife Habitat from Aerial Photos ( 4-H 910, hard copy available from Purdue Media Distribution)

Contest Scoring Explanation

Additional training materials, by activity:

Foods
Photos
Management Plan
Examples & oral reasons example
Sample Rural Field Condition Sheet and Critique, from 2003
CDE example, '05, '06, '08
Teaching Oral Reasons
sample urban instructons (from 2002 CDE)
Judges Critique, '03
Judges Critique, '03
Judges Critique, '03

Other Resources

Contest Scoring Explanation
Survey of Youth & Coaches (2001)
Indiana Science Standards
Indiana Natural Resource Management Standards
Questions & Answers (Q&A)

 

  • Official Reference: National WHEP Handbook, Revised, 2001. (Note that a new Handbook (2008) will NOT be used in the Indiana CDE but will be used at the National 4-H CDE in 2008.
  • (Contact Natalie Carroll (ncarroll@purdue.edu) if you do not have access to the 2001 Handbook.)
  • Wildlife Habitat Evaluation with Aerial Photographs, 4-H 910, $2.50 each from Purdue's Media Distribution or your county Extension Office
  • Teaching Oral Reasons see the Indiana 4-H/FFA Ag Judging Handbook, on-line, page 82.
  • everything WILDLIFE, www.purdue.edu/wildlife
  • Indiana Wildlife Disease Newsletters

 

 
     
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