Must be at least 9-years old and an enrolled 4-H member.
Registration is required and can be done by e-mailing Michele at mlb222@cornell.edu or calling the 4-H office at 518-668-4881.
WHEP: WILDLIFE HABITAT
Welcome to the 2023-2024 4-H Year!
The included 4-H Calendar of events are open to youth from Warren County, sometimes beyond Warren County, and we encourage your children to participate in them. Pre-registration for all programs and events are to be conducted through the 4-H staff at the CCE/4-H office. This is to assure everyone involved, including youth, chaperones, and educators are aware of who is going, program specific safety guidelines, and the responsibilities of participants.
Please read each description carefully as there may be a fee, an age limit or minimum, or a group size limit that is attached to these programs. Again, pre-registration is required for programs and should be done in a timely fashion, due dates where needed are listed with the program. If it is not listed, assume you should pre-register. We also ask that if you are registered for a program/event and cannot attend, that you call the office to cancel ASAP. When we have pre-registration for an event, then we can more accurately determine what materials we will need, staffing needs, and any health protocols we may need to address. This is very important when events may need to be cancelled due to inclement weather. Weather or illness cancellations will be sent out as early as possible, we strive for a minimum of two hours posting before an event.
For those of you who have been pre-registering consistently and notifying us if you can’t attend, thank you very much for this effort as it helps us immensely. Please keep up the excellent work.
We hope to see you and many others at these events over the course of the year.
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Previously, Mr. Bowe served as a 4-H Community Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County for five years. In total, Mr. Bowe has been working with the Cornell Cooperative Extension system for over 21 years. His experience and dedication as a program educator, assistant director, and supervisor of the 4-H & Family Living department have proven he is ready to take on this next vital role.
Mr. Bowe will be working with the current experienced staff and several new staff to assure quality programs for all residents of Warren County. One of the first projects he will be working on with the Board of Directors, the staff, partners, and community residents is to develop a strategic plan to establish a vision and direction for the Extension’s future. Cornell Cooperative Extension will continue to work closely with the Warren County Board of Supervisors and community leaders promoting Cornell’s programs to enrich the life skills of the people in our county.
If you would like to know more about Cornell Cooperative Extension or provide suggestions for community-based programming, please reach out to John Bowe at jfb32@cornell.edu or 518-668-4881.
Date: Friday, April 14th
Time: 10:30am—12:00pm
Location: CCE Training Center
Come celebrate Earth Day with us while we pick up roadside trash followed by a “Local Foods” Picnic and tree planting. Open to all 4-H members with adult chaperones. This event will count as Community Service.
Lunch will be $2.00 per person or $10 per family to help cover the cost of the food.
Please RSVP by April 15th by e-mailing mlb222@cornell.edu or calling
518-668-4881/518-623-3291.
Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Come and learn how to build a bluebird box...each participant will be able to bring the bird box they make home with them.
For more information, or to sign up by April 4th, please contact the CCE office by e-mailing
mlb222@cornell.edu or calling
518-623-3291 or 518-668-4881.
Come learn about fish of the Adirondacks. How to identify the various species by shape, color, and where they live. We will also discuss if you are allowed to fish for them and more. ALL NEW GUIDES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!
For more information, or to sign up by April 4th, please contact the CCE office by e-mailing mlb222@cornell.edu or calling 518-623-3291 or 518-668-4881.
Hey Warren County 4-H youth, guess what season starts on April 1st. That’s right, we’re talking about trout season! On April 11th, Warren County 4-H will be holding a fun filled workshop where we learn how to cook a fish!
For more information, or to sign up by April 4th, please contact the CCE office by e-mailing
mlb222@cornell.edu or calling 518-623-3291 or 518-668-4881.
Every 4-H Member, regardless of age, should take this opportunity to develop the self-confidence, poise, self-esteem and skills necessary to speak before a group.
Remember: In order for any youth to be eligible for a
4-H Scholarship for STARR, Capital Days, Career Ex, the Youth Fair Superintendent Program, or to attend the New York State Fair, you must complete a Public Presentation within the current 4-H year. Adirondack Guides are required to participate every year.
4-H Public Presentation Options for 2023:
· Saturday, March 18th—10:00am—3:00pm—CCE Training Center
· Thursday, March 23rd—5pm—8pm—Glens Falls Location
To register for your time slot, please e-mail Michele at mlb222@cornell.edu or call 623-3291 or 668-4881.
As part of the Deep Dive into New York State Fisheries Program, the Youth in Nature & Outdoor Education Program Work Team is offering a virtual fish and shark art contest and a short story contest. The contests will be open to youth with several age categories and participants can be from anywhere within New York State. The contest begins December 11, 2022 and runs until February 7, 2023.
Entries received before January 24th at 11am will be highlighted during the January 25th session. Entries received between January 24th 11:01 am and February 7th at 11am will be highlighted during the February 8th session.
General Rules for both contests:
• By submitting an entry or entries to this contest, you are giving Cornell Cooperative Extension’s YNOE Program Work Team permission to use your image or story on our Facebook, website, blogs, and in any public displays we can arrange for the entries.
• Each participant is limited to one entry. Each participant may enter one story and one art piece.
• You must title, sign, and date your entry (cursive is NOT required).
• We encourage you to use New York native fish or shark species but will accept any WILD species (no domestic birds or livestock).
• There will be three age categories: Cloverbud Youth ages 5-7, Youth 8-12, and Youth 13-19.
• The judging will be done by a group of volunteers (youth and adults) selected by Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Art Specific Guidelines:
• The work can be no larger than 8.5” x 11”.
• This must be an original piece started and completed within the contest entry dates and deadline dates.
• You may use any style you choose (e.g., watercolor, pen & ink, pencil, oils, acrylic, etc.) that can be rendered on the specified paper dimensions.
• All Art entries must be submitted by email to Michelle Baker at mlb222@cornell.edu ( subject line YNOE Fish Art contest) as a jpeg or PDF file, OR mailed to:
CCE of Warren County
Attn: Michelle Baker/ Art Contest
377 Schroon River Road
Warrensburg, NY 12885
Specific Story Guidelines:
• Your story must be original and describe an encounter or observation you had where fish or sharks played a central role.
• 500-word limit
• All Story entries must be submitted by email to Sarah McCormick at sam555@cornell.edu ( subject line: YNOE Fish Story) as a word document or PDF file or in the body of your email, OR you can mail a copy to:
CCE of Oswego County
Attn Sarah McCormick
3288 Main Street
Mexico, NY 13114
Prizes:
• Cloverbud (5-7) youth will each receive a Participant ribbon and no overall winner will be selected.
• Youth 8-12 or 13-19, the top recipient will receive a $10 gift to the 4-H mall.
Be creative to the best of your ability!
Public speaking and the ability to clearly communicate an idea to others is a powerful tool. It is a necessary skill that will help you reach many goals in life whether you are in college, business, or making positive changes in your community. In Warren County, a public
presentation is required to participate in teen leadership programs, Adirondack Guides, and to work at the fair.
The 4-H Public Presentations is a program in which you learn to create a presentation and develop the skills needed to present it before an audience. This is not a competition, rather an opportunity to become a better you! You cannot fail, but you will learn, grow and develop lifelong speaking abilities that will help you now in school, home and in club/community leadership opportunities.
We are trying something a little different this year for the 4-H Public Presentation Program that we hope will help you get organized and hopefully minimize last minute presentation planning. Beginning on January 30th we are encouraging youth to tackle a piece of their presentation each week leading up to delivering your presentation at either the Saturday event here in our office or the evening opportunity in Glens Falls. We hope this will reduce the hesitation about doing a presentation by taking the time to fully prepare and practice for it with our help along the way.
Each week we will share with you some tips around the presentation piece you will be working on for that specific week. For example, the week that you are working on your Introduction, we will share some tips for writing an attention grabbing intro and what we expect to hear from you when you introduce yourself and your topic. These tips and tricks will be sent out via e-mail, a Facebook post, and placed on our blog: http://warrencounty4-h.blogspot.com. To help keep you organized and on track, we have created a checklist that you can use during your planning. We are also adding a Q & A zoom over mid-winter break as an opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
We have had many strong public speakers representing Warren County 4-H at the district, state and regional levels. These teens who have achieved personal success in public speaking often return to help judge presentations and share their knowledge with younger 4-H members.
We encourage all youth ages 5-19 to participate in this program. If you have any questions or would like to register for the January 28th training zoom or presentation day/evening, please contact Michele Baker at mlb222@cornell.edu or by phone at 518-668-4881. You will also have the option of recording your presentation again this year.
Where: Warren County CCE Training Center
Who: You!
Do you wish it was summer? Well, it can be summer anytime you want if you know how to start a fire!
What to expect:
à Learn the 3 fundamentals of fire
à Fire starting tools/methods
à Leave with your own fire-starting kit (minus ignition source, we weren’t born yesterday)
à Hot chocolate included!
Open to all 4-Hers ages10-19 years.
To register contact Michele at (518)668-4881 or mlb222@cornell.edu
For additional information contact Weston Azaert wra32@cornell.edu
Registration is required for these events by calling the CCE office at 518-668-4881/623-3291 or by e-mailing Michele Baker at: mlb222@cornell.edu
DATE: Thursday, February 9th
TIME: 6:00PM
LOCATION: CCE Training Center
Learn about how to identify local waterfowl by types of color markings. Cloverbuds
welcome! No fee.
Registration is required for these events and can be done by calling the CCE office at 518-668-4881/623-3291 or by emailing mlb222@cornell.edu
For questions or more information, e-mail John @ jfb32@cornell.edu
