Wildlife Project

4-H Registration is Open

Start by picking a 4-H Club. Learn more about how to choose your club. 

Youth enrolled in the 4-H Wildlife Project will learn about local and exotic wildlife.  This includes:

This includes:

  • Types of wildlife habitats
  • Their value to the ecosystem
  • What can cause populations to increase or decrease
  • The history of wildlife conservation
  • What is wildlife management
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All project manuals are received through the Larimer County 4-H Extension office. These will be distributed to 4-H members through their organizational leaders (club leaders) after enrollment is complete.

4 -H Record Books are also called e-Records. Each project has its own record book that members are required to complete each year. The links to e-Records in the specific project areas are below. Record books are turned in at Interview Judging before our County Fair. In June, you will need to schedule an interview for each of your project areas and bring your record book with you to Interview Judging the week of the Larimer County 4-H Fair.

We have more information about how to fill out your record books here.

2023 - 2024 Record Book (PDF)

2023 - 2024 Record Book (DOCX)

Project units 1-3 are designed for members 8-18 years old.

Unit 1- The Worth of Wild Roots

Inspiring youth to:

  • Learn what wildlife conservation has been historically
  • Learn the values of wildlife and people
  • Accomplish the following learning experiences
    • Wildlife Roots
    • Wildlife Values
    • Dirt on Both Hands

Unit 2 - Living Wild in an Ecosystem

Inspiring youth to:

  • Understand wildlife habitat
  • Learn how size and shape of habitat patches affect various wildlife species
  • Learn what makes wildlife numbers go up or down
  • Accomplish the following learning experiences
    • Habitat
    • Wildlife as Part of an Ecosystem
    • Dirt on Both Hands

Unit 3 - Managing in a World with You and Me

Inspiring youth to:

  • Learn how we manage wildlife and what agencies are responsible
  • Study threatened and endangered species, hunting, wildlife damage management, and invasive species
  • Accomplish the following learning experiences
    • Wildlife Management
    • Wildlife and People
    • Dirt on Both Hands

Thinking about signing up for the Wildlife Project? Already enrolled but have questions? Contact us.


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1525 Blue Spruce Dr.     
Fort Collins, CO 80524-2004

Phone: (970) 498-6000

 

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