Wednesday, April 24, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.
LAST WEEKEND was a busy one, with the traditional celebration of Channel 3's Earth Fair at Sunset Park. That proved to be too much competition for the Becoming An Outdoors Woman workshop also scheduled for last weekend. That event was postponed to the fall due to lack of interest.
It's too bad that the program wasn't supported more strongly. I hope that will change as more local women learn of the opportunities provided by a program that is taking the U.S. and Canada by storm.
I was invited to give the keynote address for the Becoming An Outdoors Woman program near Prescott, Ariz., last weekend. I was the only Nevada woman at the Arizona workshop.
In addition to the keynote address, I presented a three-hour class on camp cooking. I had women participating that had never lighted a Coleman stove. They were converts when they opened the lid on the Dutch oven and saw the golden brown peach cobbler they'd created.
The Arizona workshop provided instruction in beginning fishing and fly casting, canoeing, backpacking, muzzleloader shooting, shotgun shooting, archery, survival skills, wilderness medicine, watchable wildlife, photography and camp cooking.
Notes
* LESSONS FROM THE RAINFOREST: The second lecture in the popular "The Nevada Wildlife Federation Brings the World To You" series is scheduled May 5 at 7:30 p.m. at UNLV's Artemus Ham Concert Hall. Modern-day explorer Charles Haskell, CEO of the New Century Conservation Trust, will be leading the audience through his expedition of the Rio Roosevelt River. Haskell led a scientific and historical expedition that retraced Theodore Roosevelt's exploration down the Rio Roosevelt River in 1914. Tickets for the free lecture may be obtained at the Ham ticket office from 10-6 p.m. weekdays, 10-4 Saturdays and one hour before the lecture.
* NDOW QUESTIONNAIRE: More than 80,000 questionnaires have been mailed to hunters and anglers by the Nevada Division of Wildlife as part of a planning effort that will help guide the agency in the future. "We are in the process of developing a comprehensive management plan for the agency. Therefore, we want to know what level of services our users want and how they want us to manage the state's wildlife," said David Pfiffner of NDOW. Individuals and organizations who do not receive the questionnaire can call NDOW's Las Vegas office (486-5127) for copies.
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