Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning (ACNW)

The organization offers a wide variety of programs and classes during the year to families and individuals age five through adult. Programs range from a few hours (elementary school raptor programs) to several days (full immersion education classes). Some are taught in classrooms while others are off site (lakes, prairies, forests, etc). There are normally over 12,000 participants from over 50 elementary, middle and high schools, 34 charter schools and 11 college universities that attend courses onsite at the center. Over 4,900 people of all ages attended 1 of 14 offsite wildlife education outreach programs. Thousands of newsletters are sent out each year to k-12 schools, colleges and the general public to promote program attendance and Environmental awareness. However due to covid pandemic last year there were fewer than 100 students k-12 were on campus but the organization was able to reach 1,955 via virtual Learning. For the wildlife education and outreach it was limited to only 300 learners and 1,370 participants in community programs due to covid.