Volunteer Instructors Recognized by LDWF’s Hunter Education Program

Joe Henderson (center) accepts an Excellent Volunteer Teacher award on behalf of the Jena Junior Excessive educate staff from LDWF’s Eric Shanks (left) and Dana Norsworthy.

LDWF State Vet Dr. James LaCour updates Hunter Training volunteer instructors on continual losing illness.

Volunteer hunter training instructors from across the state have been honored on the Louisiana Division of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) 2022 Hunter Training Teacher Workshop final Saturday (April 23) at Camp Grant Walker.

Michael “Mike” Lorio was introduced as this yr’s winner of the Todd Roberts Achievement Award, this system’s highest volunteer honor, for his 28 years of volunteer service, educating a number of lessons every year and certifying hundreds of scholars over his volunteer profession. Mike additionally assists LDWF by actively recruiting further instructors to show hunter security in his neighborhood. 

The Todd Roberts Achievement Award acknowledges a volunteer teacher that has made important and excellent contributions to the LDWF State Hunter Training Program over a interval of years. It’s given out yearly by the Hunter Training Program to a single volunteer teacher out of practically 800 lively instructors.

LDWF additionally acknowledged instructors for his or her above and past efforts to show hunter training in 2021 with Excellent Volunteer Teacher awards. Moreover, Years of Service awards got to these instructors who’ve taught hunter training for greater than 5 consecutive years.

Workshop attendees have been additionally supplied in-service coaching classes, with updates on continual losing illness, searching incidents, and points affecting searching and hunter training in the course of the workshop. 

For extra data on LDWF’s Hunter Training program, go to https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/web page/hunter-and-trapper-education.