Youth Wildlife Conservation Experience happening Jan. 20 at Reno-Sparks Convention Center
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 12/17/2023 - 12:45pm
Event Date:
January 20, 2024 - 10:00am This year's Youth Wildlife Conservation Experience will take place at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on Jan. 20, 2024. This is a free family event. The goal is simple, to excite and inspire the next generation of outdoor enthusiasts.
Simply bring your family down to Hall 4 and the F-Meeting Rooms of the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, 4590 South Virginia street in Reno for hours of educational fun. Event runs from 10am to 4pm. A quick registration takes place on site, just show up the day of the event.
This is the youth component of the Sheep Show, which occurs just down the hallway. A parent who brings a youth to the YWCE can receive a voucher to get into the Sheep Show exhibit hall for free.
Over 40 hands-on stations for youth, including: kayak pool, duck calling, hover archery, trap archery, 3D archery, stick-it archery, BB gun range, Laser Shot, rock climbing wall, soil tunnel, nature crafts, CSI Wildlife, hands-on hides/skulls, science of darting wild sheep, make plaster tracks, telemetry, fly tying, Operation Game Thief trailer, tour amazing bass fishing boats, casting challenges, learn to fletch arrows, entomology (try eating bugs), and more!
See video here.
