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Wildlife Express

Wildlife Express is a monthly newsletter for elementary school age children that teaches lessons about wildlife species and subjects.

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Strengthen your students’ literacy of non-fiction by using Wildlife Express to meet Idaho Core Standards. Wildlife Express is the perfect informational text for you and your students.

Each issue features an Idaho wildlife species and articles related to science and ecological concepts. The articles are written in an educational and entertaining fashion that gets students excited to read and learn about wildlife and their environments.

Teachers click the link next to the current issue for activities and lessons to teach language arts, math, and science that coordinate with each issue.

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March’s Wildlife Express newsletter wades through the lives of Idaho’s shorebirds

Monday, March 20, 2023 - 2:54 PM MDT

Shorebirds is a broad term, used to define birds that, you guessed it, inhabit shorelines. Wildlife Express’s March issue focuses on the life and migration of Idaho’s shorebirds.

Meet February’s Wildlife Express featured critter, the bushy-tailed woodrat

Friday, March 3, 2023 - 8:34 AM MST

February’s Wildlife Express newsletter takes a look at one of nature’s tiniest (and cutest) little hoarders you might know by a different name. The bushy-tailed woodrat, as it’s technically named, can be found all over Idaho and has some pretty interesting behaviors.

Current Issue

Shorebirds – [PDF, 1.56MB]

Wildlife Express newsletters are PDF files. File size is listed in brackets.