EDUCATION 551 



of integrating conservation education into a total school system is 

 operating in my hometown of Ann Arbor, Mich. 



The Ann Arbor conservation program spans the curriculum kin- 

 dergarten through the 12th grade, so that the conservation under- 

 standings can be presented in a logical sequence and at the time the 

 learner is most receptive to the material presented. In the elemen- 

 tary grades the program gives the learner an opportunity to study 

 some of our community resources under natural conditions. This 

 provides certain learning experiences that cannot be duplicated 

 within the schoolbuilding. 



The program at the secondary level emphasizes the management 

 of our natural resources and focuses on local, State, and national 

 resource problems and possible solutions. The Ann Arbor program 

 provides also a comprehensive inservice training program for teachers 

 that operates throughout the school year and is directed at helping 

 teachers to increase their understanding, interest, awareness, and 

 teaching skills in conservation. 



As a result of Ann Arbor's conservation education program it is 

 hoped that many of our future citizens will not only have greater 

 interest and understanding of resource problems but will take a more 

 active part in helping to solve local, State, and national resource 

 issues. It is through programs of this kind that our future commu- 

 nity citizens will have the incentive and tools to cope effectively with 

 these things in the future. 



I would be happy to cooperate in any way with persons who would 

 like to have more details. The message is covered quite adequately 

 in the book I have written about it and put on sale in the Ann Arbor 

 bookstores. It sells for $2.60 in a paperback edition. 



ZACH R. STEWART. Conservation, outdoor recreation, natural 

 resources, urban renewal, and environmental health are subjects 

 closely related in their scope and vitality. It is not too soon to identify 

 the growth of interest in these subjects nationally with the establish- 

 ment of a land ethic reconcilable to increased population and chang- 

 ing life patterns. The land ethic is beginning to show evidence of 

 similarity to the land/spirit marriage in the mind of the American 

 Indian. Long ignored, and in some cases actually suppressed, this 

 attitude is experiencing a renewal of strength which parallels the 

 rise in Indian status as tribal landholders, and the rapidly increasing 

 Indian population. 



A goal challenging enough to capture the support of the commu- 



