Spring Nature Photography Workshop at Okefenokee NWR

NEWS RELEASE

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
2700 Suwannee Canal Road
Folkston, GA 31537
Phone: (912) 496-7366 x233
Fax: (912) 496-7991
http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee

For Immediate Release Contact: Art Webster
Date: February 16, 2012

Spring Nature Photography Workshop at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Attention all nature photographers! Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is pleased to announce award-winning nature photographer John Reed will continue his popular photography workshops with the Spring Nature Photography Workshop on Saturday, March 17 from 8a.m.–4:30 p.m., pre-registration from 7:30 a.m.–8 a.m., and Sunday, March 18 from 7 a.m.–11 a.m. Learn the fundamentals of digital photography in easy to understand terms. The workshop will focus on exposure, metering, focus, sharp images, and new digital tools such as white balance and histograms. The workshop includes lectures as well as three different photo shoots over two days with one-on-one attention from John!

This workshop is just $45 if payment is received on or before March 1. After March 1, the workshop costs $50, and $55 at the door. Please send check or money order to Okefenokee Wildlife League (OWL) at 4155 Suwannee Canal Road, Folkston, GA 31537. The workshop is held inside the east entrance of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, seven miles southwest of Folkston, GA along Georgia State Highway 121/23. Space is limited to the first thirty registrants, so register today by calling us at (912) 496-7836 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. We hope to see you there!

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 150-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 556 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 70 national fish hatcheries, 65 fishery resources offices and 86 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American tribal governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.

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(See attached file: Spring photo workshop news release.pdf)(See attached file: Spring photo workshop news release.doc)