Student Education
November 2010: high school students take part in a study of the Hidden Gems wilderness proposal areas in Colorado.
EcoFlight's Student Education Programs are designed to involve and inform students about environmental issues from a broad range of perspectives. Using flight and ground-based education, participants learn how such issues personally impact their lives and the world around them.
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State: Wyoming Region: Jackson Description: EcoFlight's 2009 Flight Across America Student Program studied the pine beetle infestation occurring in the Rocky Mountain region, specifically in Colorado and Wyoming. |
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State: Colorado, New Mexico Description: EcoFlight's 2010 Flight Across America Student Program studied renewable energy and transmission and wildlife corridors in Colorado and New Mexico. |
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State: Colorado Region: Pitkin County Description: In November 2010, high school students from the Roaring Fork Valley took part in a study of the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal areas. |
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State: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah Region: Four Corners States - American Southwest Description: EcoFlight's 2011 Flight Across America Student Program was a three day intensive study of iconic national parks in the American southwest and the environmental pressures being imposed on them. EcoFlight and four students from CU Boulder and Colorado Mountain College flew to the Four Corners region and conducted overflights of Mesa Verde National Park and the adjacent Four Corners coal-fired power plants, two of the dirtiest and most polluting power plants in the country. |
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State: Colorado Description: In May 2011, high school students from the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado, took part in EcoFlight's Kestrel Program on Natural Gas Drilling. |
