Fishing

  • Education and Youth


     


    Research-based aquatic education resources and materials specifically designed to promote boating, angling and aquatic stewardship.

    • Grow your educational programs and take them to the next level
    • Learn new strategies and techniques to enhance the learning experience
    • Utilize the methods provided to involve new folks in the sport
    • Incorporate the lesson plans and activities provided into your youth curriculums

     

    Quick Links

    This is your online connection to research-based aquatic education resources and materials specifically designed to promote boating, angling and aquatic stewardship.

    Best Practices for Boating, Fishing and Aquatic Resources Stewardship Education: This indispensable toolkit can help you design and implement an effective. Produced in cooperation with research and educational professionals, the Best Practices Workbook provides templates for program planning, staff considerations, implementation and evaluation.

    Passport to Fishing and Boating Program:  The Passport to Fishing and Boating program includes hands-on activities and tools that provide youth with little or no fishing and boating experience the basic skills and techniques needed to learn and enjoy these lifetime activities.

    Explore the Blue: In partnership with Discovery Education, this exciting online program was created to empower teachers and parents and to engage students in a dialogue about the importance of outdoor recreational activities, such as fishing and boating, and the value of clean and healthy natural resources.

     Education Grants: Youth-focused organizations are encouraged to apply for RBFF’s National Youth Fishing & Boating Initiative, which expands on the organization’s boating and fishing education outreach efforts
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