Youth Outdoor Adventure Expo
Operated by the Go Play Outside Alliance (GOPAW),
- When: Friday, May 16
- Where: Benton County Fair Grounds, Kennewick
- Contact: Email Karen Cichy - Homeschool Coordinator
The objective of the Expo is to provide an opportunity for young people to experience outdoor activities that they otherwise may not have. The Expo has a strong emphasis on hunting, fishing and other natural resource and outdoor oriented activities. Friday of the Expo is reserved for students in grades 3-8 and their teachers in a field trip format that will require advanced registration and scheduling. GOPAW will be soliciting participation among those public and Private schools within the Columbia Basin, but it is also opened to any school in the state. Saturday is open to the general public.
The expo will offer fly tying, fishing casting, firearm safety, outdoor survival, horse manship, compass reading, boating (canoeing and kayaking, bird identification and raptor rehabilitation, and natural history appreciation. GOPAW will engage many regional organizations to make this Expo as big a success as the 2007 Expo held in Longview.
Washington State Fish and Wildlife is a major supporter of the EXPO. However, we will engage many local organizations to support this expo including the Glacial Floods Institute, Mid Columbia Audubon Society, The Native Plant Society, Richland Rod and Gun Club, Columbia Basin Fly Casters, Friends of Badger Mountain, The Tap Teal Greenway Association, Inter Mountain Alpine Club to name a few.
