The Alabama Wildlife Federation is hosting statewide workshops entitled "Sustaining and Maintaining Your Outdoor Classroom as an Effective Learning Environment". 

The purpose of these workshops is to help teachers and schools sustain and maintain their outdoor classroom site as an effective educational tool for years to come.  They will have tips to help schools sustain excitement and maintain learning stations long after the newness wears off.

These workshops will be held at five different locations across Alabama, including Millbrook, which will host its workshop on February 23rd at the Alabama Wildlife Federation  The workshop begins at 9:00 a.m.

Alabama artists are invited to enter the 2012 Alabama Waterfowl Stamp art contest, which opens today, January 1st. The winning artwork will be used as the design of the 2013-2014 Alabama Waterfowl Stamp, which is required to be purchased when hunting migratory waterfowl. Entries will be accepted until Feb. 15, 2012. The competition is open to resident Alabama artists only.
 
All eligible entries will be on display February 24, 2012, at the Richard Beard Building, 1445 Federal Dr., Montgomery, Ala., 36107. Following the showing, three judges from the fields of art, ornithology and wildlife conservation will select the winning waterfowl art.
 
“Like the federal waterfowl stamp, revenues from the sale of Alabama stamps are used to procure, establish or improve migratory waterfowl habitat,” said N. Gunter Guy, Jr., Conservation Commissioner.

Alabama artists are invited to enter the 2012 Alabama Waterfowl Stamp art contest, which opens January 1, 2012. The winning artwork will be used as the design of the 2013-2014 Alabama Waterfowl Stamp, which is required to be purchased when hunting migratory waterfowl. Entries will be accepted from Jan. 1 - Feb. 15, 2012. The competition is open to resident Alabama artists only.
 
All eligible entries will be on display February 24, 2012, at the Richard Beard Building, 1445 Federal Dr., Montgomery, Ala., 36107. Following the showing, three judges from the fields of art, ornithology and wildlife conservation will select the winning waterfowl art.
 
“Like the federal waterfowl stamp, revenues from the sale of Alabama stamps are used to procure, establish or improve migratory waterfowl habitat,” said N. Gunter Guy, Jr., Conservation Commissioner.