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Education Outreach
One of the main pillars of our program at the SBOIC is education. Our outreach program began in 2000, as a relatively small traveling presentation. Since that time, the program has expanded to include Owls On Tour, Owls and Cows, and Eco-Extravaganza! If you are interested in having Owls On Tour visit your school, please
contact SBOIC.
Owls On Tour is a high-energy hour of environmental education. 
Depending on the age of the audience, the hour may include slides, songs, skits and stories revolving around the endangered burrowing owl and it's disappearing habitat.
Depending on the age of the audience, the hour may include slides, songs, skits and stories revolving around the endangered burrowing owl and it's disappearing habitat. At the end of the hour, participants have the opportunity to meet a live burrowing owl and engage in a question and answer session.
Owls and CowsWhat do Owls & Cows have in common?
In Saskatchewan burrowing owls and cows can live in harm
ony in a native prairie ecosystem. Cattle are beneficial to the owls, as they keep the grass short by grazing and provide nest-lining material (manure) for the owls. In 2001, the Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre teamed up with the Prairie Conservation Action Plan (PCAP) to offer "Owls & Cows". Students not only receive our highly acclaimed Owls On Tour program but PCAP's "Cows, Fish, Cattle Dogs & Kids" Game Show. To find out more about this interactive game show please visit the PCAP website.
ony in a native prairie ecosystem. Cattle are beneficial to the owls, as they keep the grass short by grazing and provide nest-lining material (manure) for the owls. In 2001, the Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre teamed up with the Prairie Conservation Action Plan (PCAP) to offer "Owls & Cows". Students not only receive our highly acclaimed Owls On Tour program but PCAP's "Cows, Fish, Cattle Dogs & Kids" Game Show. To find out more about this interactive game show please visit the PCAP website. Eco-Extravaganza
The Eco-Extravaganza is an education outreach program on prairie conservation and management for K-6 students. Schools hosting this initiative receive an entire morning of programming from Saskatchewan conservation groups (including Cows, Fish, Cattle Dogs & Kids and Owls On Tour).
This map shows the areas covered by various education outreach programs since the beginning of the program in 2000. Click the image to enlarge.
Since its inception in 2000, Owls On Tour has visited over 60,000 people in Saskatchewan. If you live in Alberta and would like a similar program to visit your school please contact Operation Grassland Community. Owls On Tour was created through the support of these major sponsors: SaskEnergy, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, Environment Canada's Habitat Stewardship Program, Village Ford Lincoln.