4-H Outdoor Education/Recreation Project

• Learn how to use a compass or GPS
• Learn what basic items should be included when backpacking
• Identify different types of fishing reels
• Learn the principles of Leave No Trace
• Learn basic survival techniques

• Learn advanced knot tying
• Learn the different types of campfires
• Identify local edible wild plants
• Be able to properly spool a fishing reel
• Plan a hiking trip for a group

• Planning a multi-day backpacking trip
• Make your own crankbait
• Prepare a camp meal from scratch
• Conduct a wildlife monitoring project
• Set up a geocache

Create a hiking trail in your local community, teach a class on navigating using a GPS, create a kids fishing pond in a local park

Create a poster for a local park that illustrates the principles of Leave No Trace, do a presentation to a youth group on survival skills, lead a class on basic fishing skills.

Put together youth tackle boxes for sale, learn how to properly prepare and tan hides, create a GIS map of points of interest in your community.

Learn how to use a sonar fish finder, successfully be able to change the settings on a GPS, compare various wildlife identification a

County Fair/Achievement Days, North Dakota State Fair, Communication Arts, Project EXPO, 4-H Camp

• Make a display of different fishing lures

• Do a timeline on the history of fishing

• Research fur trapping in your local

• Create a geocache

• Make a map of your town

• Make a basic survival kit

• Create a basic knot tying display

• Create a pamphlet on Leave No Trace

• Show how to pack a backpack for an overnight trip

• Package dehydrated meals for an extended hiking trip

• National Curriculum
  • Exploring Your Environment
    
  • Take the Bait

  • Outdoor Adventures

• Attend North Dakota 4-H Camp

• Dutch Oven Cooking Recipes
• Camp Fire Cooking
• Keep Food Safe When Camping and Hiking
• Maple Sugar Candy Recipe
• Whistling Dakota Style

• 4-H Project Plan (PA095)
• Planning for my Project Adventure (PA093) (Ages 8-10)
• 4-H Plan of Action (PA096) (Ages 11-18)

• Earth Day Patch Contest
• State 4-H Land Judging
• State 4-H Range Judging

Explore the beauty of nature by using leaves, twigs, seeds and other items from the environment to create a work of art. Using the glue, arrange the items in a pattern or glue them in various ways to create your own masterpiece!

• Tacky or hot glue
• Heavy paper
• Sticks and twigs of various size
• Dried flowers or leaves
• Small stones
• Seeds from various plants
• Feathers
• Miscellaneous other smalls item