MADISON, WI—More than 2,000 students, educators and chaperones, a new record, are set to participate in the Midwest Outdoor Heritage Education Expo, May 20-21, at the Wisconsin DNR's MacKenzie Center in Poynette.
"Word spread after last year's inaugural success, so we already signed up 45% more schools and 12% more students who want to discover the shooting sports, plus fishing skills, hunting dog training, birding, wildlife and tree identification, snowmobile safety and tons more," said MOHEE Founder Mark LaBarbera, CEO of the Outdoor Heritage Education Center non-profit group. He said, "Volunteer firearms and NASP instructors, and other mentors, are helping us ignite a spark within youngsters and then send them home with information about inviting their family to take the next step of signing up for some of the many outdoor skills and safety training programs, and learn to hunt events, offered in Wisconsin."
Founding Partners providing key resources include the Wisconsin SCI Chapter, WDNR, Wisconsin Friends of NRA, SCI Badgerland Chapter, Dane County Conservation League and the historic first funder, Southeast Wisconsin Bowhunters Chapter of SCI. Other key partners and participants include the Assoc. of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs, Ducks Unlimited, Friends of MacKenzie Center, Friends of Poynette Game Farm, Madison Audubon Society, National Wild Turkey Federation, North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association, Pheasants Forever, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Trout Unlimited, UW-Stevens Point, Wings Over Wisconsin, Wisconsin Bowhunters Association, Wisconsin Conservation Congress, Wisconsin Muzzle Loaders Association and Wisconsin Trappers Association.
Partners are already setting their sights on new records at next year's MOHEE scheduled for May 18-19, 2016. For more info, contact Mark LaBarbera at
OHECinfo@PeoplePC.com or visit
www.outdoorheritageeducationcenter.com.
About OHEC:
Like the hidden eagle, wolf and fish in its logo, there are more good things than first meets the eye at the Outdoor Heritage Education Center. The mission of the OHEC (pronounced oh'-heck) charitable non-profit organization is to increase the public's understanding, appreciation and sense of stewardship for natural resources and professional resource management activities, including fishing, trapping and the shooting sports.
CONTACT: Mark LaBarbera 520-730-9252
