California University of Pennsylvania Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society

1. California University of Pennsylvania Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society The Wilds National Conservation Training Center (Cumberland, OH)

2. Student Chapter founded on December 30, 1996 • California, Pennsylvania (est. 1849)

3. Fall 2011 Activities • 6th Annual Family Field Day • 3rd Annual Roscoe’s Sportsmen’s Shooting Event • Bear check station • Restoration Ecology at “The Wild’s” • Elk trip to Benezzette, PA • T-shirts sales • Youth Field Days w/ PGC

4. Family Field Day The Wild’s

5. Spring 2012 Activities • Bear Telemetry Workshop SW Region of PGC • Assist NWTF, local Sportsmen’s Assoc. • Deer Trapping SE Region of PGC • 14th Annual Cal U Game Dinner and Outdoor Bash • Attended Conservation Training at The Wilds (March 23-25th, 2012) • Organized 4th Annual BIOBLITZ • Hosted 2012 Northeastern Regional Conclave • Delmarva Fox Squirrel Trapping

6. Conferences Waikoloa, Hawaii Snowbird, Utah • Annual TWS Conference • Northeast Annual TWS Student Conclave Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

7. 2012 Northeast Conclave Workshops, Competitions, Professional Development

8. Delmarva Fox Squirrel Trapping Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (USFWS)

9. Student Internships / Temporary positions gained through TWS Networking, Networking, Networking….

10. Student Internships / Temporary positions cont. Hands on experience

11. A “foundation” is defined as… • the lowest division of a building, usually comprised of masonry. • the basis or groundwork of anything. • the natural ground or base on which some structure rests.

12. NDSU Kansas State University Frostburg State Univ. Paul Smith’s College Illinois State Chapter University of Wisconsin Washington State SUNY LSU Cornell University Colorado University University of Georgia Penn State University Texas A&M Oregon State Chapter URI NAU Virginia Tech Humboldt State University of Minnesota California State Cal U of PA South Dakota State MSU OSU New Mexico University University of Delaware University of Oklahoma University of Vermont University of Alaska Florida State University UND USD The National TWS Purdue University University of Connecticut West Virginia University University of Montana Ohio State University KSU

13. TWS

14. Thank You (WILDLIFE HUMOR)