South
Dakota Bat Working Group
Last
update 24 January 2012
Library
Bat-Books
& Public Outreach
Bat Books
AS PART OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, the SD Bat Working Group has organized an educational fund to purchase library books for public elementary schools throughout South Dakota. This 12-book series is published by ABDO Publishing, MN and is bound for library use.
DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTABLE! - As of April 2011, 110 Elementary schools & Libraries have benefitted from your efforts, but there are lots of Elementary schools left to go.All money will be spent for the purchase of books (not on shipping or administration fees). Donors wishing to sponsor a complete book-set can specify the recipient school if they so wish (Publisher: $96.00 per set).
A HEART-FELT THANK YOU GOES OUT TO ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS
EXTENSIVE LIST FOUND BELOWFURTHER INFO:
Western Bat Working Group, Box2153, Rapid City SD, 57709
Questions about donations: Brad Phillips (605-673-4707)
Questions about schools: Joel Tigner (605-390-2061)
SD Game, Fish, & Parks Wildlife Diversity Small Grant Program recently provided funding toward the purchase of an additional 58 sets of books. [read our letter of thanks to Governor Rounds] If your school has not yet received a set of the books, please contact us so that we can get you on our waiting list. If you have a child in a public elementary school in South Dakota and would like to obtain a set of these books for your child's school library, please provide us with the school's name, school's address, current enrollment (# students), contact person, and telephone number for the school. There is no charge of any sort for the books. We will target schools in communities where it has been difficult to identify sponsors for the books. (see extensive list below)
School Programs in the Black Hills
Multimedia programs on bats are available to classrooms in the Black Hills area. Programs are available for all age groups and include slide presentation, recordings of bat echolocation calls, and (when available), live non-releasable bats. These programs are provided as a community service and are free of charge. For additional information or to schedule a program, contact: Joel Tigner 605-390-2061 / joeltigner@gmail.com SD GFP 605-394-2391 / laurie.root@state.sd.us
Educational Bat Trunks
SD Game, Fish and Parks has also developed an 'Educational Bat Trunk' that contains educational information including books, video tapes, displays (such as a real, mounted bat skeleton), educational exercises, games, and hand puppets for use in the school system. The trunk can be loaned to teachers throughout the state. For loan information and availability, contact SD GFP / laurie.root@state.sd.us / 605-394-2391 Outdoor Campus / kay.gannon@state.sd.us / 605-362-2721
Acro-BATS of the Night' Poster
SD Game, Fish and Parks has published a colorful poster that can also function as a book cover that depicts four species of bat found in the state. For ordering information, contact: Eileen.DowdStukel@state.sd.us
Education Brochure from Arizona
Bat
Conservation International 
Educational resources for all ages: Various Workshops are available
BatsLIVE - Free web-seminar!
BatsLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure is offering an exciting, FREE education program to bring bat conservation to life in your classroom and community. Check out all of the resources at the the BatsLIVE web site. Share this information with your friends & colleagues. Web seminars will be offered on April 18 and May 3, 2012
Heart-felt appreciaton is extended to all of these kind
Donors who have supported our Bat-Book Program
Aberdeen Brown Co. SD May Overby Elem. Batworks, LLC Simmons Elem. Batworks, LLC O.M. Tiffany Elem. Batworks, LLC C.C. Lee Elem. Batworks, LLC Lincoln Elem. Batworks, LLC Alcester Union Co. SD Hudson Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Batesland Shannon Co. SD Batesland Elem. Batworks, LLC Belle Fourche Butte Co. SD South Park Elem. ANON Blackhawk Meade Co. SD Blackhawk Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Box Elder Pennington Co. SD Vandenberg Elem. Paul & Julie Schipke Britton Marshall Co. SD Britton Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Brookings Brookings Co. SD Central Elem. Scott Pedersen Hillcrest Elem. Scott Pedersen Medary Elem. Scott Pedersen Buffalo Harding Co. SD Buffalo Elem. Batworks, LLC Canton Lincoln Co. SD Lawrence Elem. Woods Roofing, Inc. Castlewood Hamlin Co. SD Castlewood Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Chamberlain Brule Co. SD Chamberlain Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Corsica Douglas Co. SD Corsica Public SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Custer Custer Co. SD Custer Annex Brad and Marty Phillips Custer Elementary Brad and Marty Phillips Edgemont Fall River Co. SD Edgemont Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Faith Meade Co. SD Faith Public Library SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Flandreau Moody Co. SD Flandreau Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Freeman Hutchinson Co. SD Freeman Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Ft. Pierre Stanley Co. SD Ft. Pierre Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Gregory Gregory Co. SD Gregory Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Groton Brown Co. SD Groton Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Hermosa Shannon Co. SD Red Shirt Table Batworks, LLC Hill City Pennington Co. SD Hill City Elem. Paha Sapa Grotto Hot Springs Fall River Co. SD Hot Springs Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Humboldt Minnehaha Co. SD West Central Elem. Batworks, LLC Huron Beadle Co. SD Buchanan Elem. Friends Group of Maga Ta-Hohpi Holy Trinity Friends Group of Maga Ta-Hohpi James Valley Elem. Friends Group of Maga Ta-Hohpi Jefferson Elem. Friends Group of Maga Ta-Hohpi Madison Elem. Friends Group of Maga Ta-Hohpi Washington Elem. Friends Group of Maga Ta-Hohpi Ispwich Edmunds Co. SD Ipswich Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Kadoka Jackson Co. SD Kadoka Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Long Valley Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Kimball Brule Co. SD Kimball Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Grass Ranch Colony SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Kyle Shannon Co. SD OLC Comm. Library SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Lead-Deadwood Lawrence Co. Lead-Deadwd Elem. Batworks, LLC Lemmon Perkins Co. SD Lemmon Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Lenox Lincoln Co. SD Lennox Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Worthing Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Chancellor Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Martin Bennett Co. SD Bennett Co. Grade SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Milbank Grant Co. SD Koch Elem. Alex & Camyrn Popowski Mission Todd Co. SD North Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Mitchell Davison Co. SD G. Belle Rogers SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Longfellow Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant L.B. Williams Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Mobridge Walworth Co. SD Beadle Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Murdo Jones Co. SD Jones Co. Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Parker Turner Co. SD Parker Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Pierre Hughes Co. SD St. Joseph's Eileen Dowd Stukel Buchanan Elem. Batworks, LLC Jefferson Elem. Batworks, LLC McKinley Elem. Batworks, LLC Washington Elem. Batworks, LLC Pierre Indian LC SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Pine Ridge Shannon Co. SD Wolf Creek Elem. Batworks, LLC Porcupine Shannon Co. SD Lady of Lourdes Bob & Paula DeMerssman Rockyford Elem. Batworks, LLC Presho SD Presho Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Rapid City Pennington Co. SD Horace Mann SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant South Canyon SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Valley View SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Robbinsdale Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Rapid Valley Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant South Park Elem. Penny Island Gen. Beadle Elem. Jocelyn Baker Canyon Lake Elem. Batworks, LLC Pinedale Elem. Batworks, LLC Corral Drive Elem. Batworks, LLC Knollwood Elem. ANON Meadowbrook Elem. ANON Redfield Spink Co. SD Redfield Elem. Batworks, LLC Roscoe Edmunds Co. SD Edmunds Central Silka Kempema Rosebud Todd Co. SD Rosebud Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Sioux Falls Minnehaha Co. SD All City J. Adams SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Eugene Field Elem. Batworks, LLC Lowell MST Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant John Harris Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Hayward Elem. Batworks, LLC Sisseton Roberts Co. SD Westside Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant New Effington SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Spearfish Lawrence Co. SD East Elem. Pam Gillespie's 2008 Science Class Sturgis Meade Co. SD Sturgis Library Eileen Dowd Stukel Vermillion Clay Co. SD Jolley Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Volga Brookings Co. SD Sioux Valley Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Wall Pennington Co. SD Wall Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Warner Brown Co. SD Warner Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Watertown Codington Co. SD Jefferson Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Lincoln Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant McKinley Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Mellete Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Roosevelt Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Wessington Springs Jerauld Co. SD Wessington Sprgs. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Sprg. Valley Colony SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Whitewood Lawrence Co. SD Whitewood Elem. Paul & Julie Schipke Yankton Yankton Co. SD Lincoln Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Beadle Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Stewart Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Webster Elem. SDGFP - Wildlife Diversity Grant Newcastle WY Newcastle Elem. Brad Phillips Bighorn WY Bighorn School Tony Burrows
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