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  NEWS

  • May 10, 2013: Tennessee TV, Fox 17, covers NFSP...You Tube video

  • May, 2013: Tennessee to lead nation with first F.I.S.H.* Tournament...Details
    (* Fishing In Schools Happening)

  • DEADLINE 5/1/2013: TU offers "Teen Summit" . . . great opportunity for NFSP students!  click for details; for a broader list of youth-oriented camps & academies,  click here

  • Thames River, CT, newspaper article . . . introduces "Fishing In Schools" to Connecticut

  • 2013: NFSP partners with Trout Unlimited and National Recreation Foundation to support 10 or more schools in Connecticut in "Fishing In Schools"

  • . . .   Fly Life online article

  • Tennessee "Wild Side" features "Fishing in Schools" . . .  Tennessee "Wild Side"...

  • Denver CBS TV News covers NFSP at International Sportsman's Expo . . . see coverage

  • Ohio school initiates "Fishing in Schools" . . . see news article

  • Alabama to initiate "Fishing in Schools" educational opportunities . . . see press release

  • For release September 10, 2012 . . . Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency "Ups the Ante" for NFSP...see press release

  • September 5, 2012 . . . Responsive Management publishes preliminary data on NFSP survey results...view document

  • August 18, 2012 . . . CasTarget wins "Best Youth Specific Product" Award at the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show in Reno, Nevada, for the 2nd consecutive year...see press release

  • August 16, 2012 . . . NFSP to host roundtable discussion at International Fly Tackle Dealer Show in Reno, Nevada: “HOW NASP PROPELLED THE ARCHERY INDUSTRY TO NEW HEIGHTS" & its sequel, "How Fishing in Schools Can Propel the Fishing Industry To New Heights". Learn more...

  • July 9. 2012 . . . American Fly Fishing Trade Association announces partnership with NFSP.  3 year program will enable AFFTA-member retailers and manufacturers the opportunity to embrace their local schools by participating in the educational process.  Learn more...

  • May 15, 2012 . . . Tom Bennett joins FEF/NFSP Board of Directors; one of the key principles in the National Archery in Schools Program, after which "Fishing in Schools" is patterned, has joined the FEF board.  Tom Bennett, of Louisville, Kentucky, brings a unique level of experience and knowledge to our team.

  • April 26, 2012 . . . Fishing Education Foundation recipient of a 2012 National Youth Fishing & Boating Initiative from the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation

  • February, 2012 . . . Katie Cole appointed to Colorado Parks & Wildlife "Partners in the Outdoors" Steering Committee

  • January, 2012 . . . NFSP to be featured in "Wild On The Fly" TV broadcasts...see on the OUTDOOR CHANNEL, it’s a HD Show (High Definition)

  • January 6, 2012 . . . FEF files application for Youth Boating & Fishing Grant, with assistance of Partners

  • November, 2011 . . . Katie Cole selected to Trout Unlimited Youth Trout Unlimited's Headwaters Youth Board

  • November 4, 2011 . . . Field & Stream features "Fishing in Schools" http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/flytalk/2011/11/national-fishing-schools-program

  • November 1, 2011 . . . Fishing Education Foundation releases new video, "Fishing in Schools" on YouTube

  • Best of Show AwardAugust 20, 2011 . . . CasTarget wins "Best of Show" , YOUTH-SPECIFIC Product at International Fly Tackle Dealer annual trade show, New Orleans, LA

  • August, 2011 . . . Midcurrent online magazine features NFSP: Midcurrent Feature

  • July 14, 2011 . . . Press Release: "No Child Left Inside"

  • June 20, 2011 . . . "What's Right With Our Schools" airs on Channel 10 WBIR News, Knoxville, Tennessee "What's Right With Our Schools"

  • June, 2011...Fishing Education Foundation/NFSP joins OAK: Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) is a national strategic partnership of organizations from diverse sectors with the common interest in expanding the number and quality of opportunities for children, youth and families to connect with the outdoors.

  • March 31, 2011 . . . "Tennessee Wildside News broadcast features Fishing in Schools "; see it on You Tube video.

  • NFSP will be presenting and conducting a Level 1 Teacher Training session, Central District, AAHPERD, February 2-4, 2012, Colorado Springs, Colorado

  • 6/7/2011: Katie Cole, NFSP Program Manager, teams with Josh Nease, West Virginia Headwaters youth education coordinator for Trout Unlimited for WV youth event

  • 6/2-4, 2011: NFSP participates in Nation's River Bass Tournament, Washington, DC

  • 5/14 & 15, 2011: FEF/NFSP attends Recruitment & Retention Summit, Colorado Springs, CO

  • 5/11-13, 2011: NFSP supports 100 students at culminating fishing event, Lincoln, NE

  • 4/14-16, 2011: Fishing in Schools participates in Jim Range National Casting Call, Washington, DC

  • 3/2011: The Wildlife Society Professional article, Spring 2011

  • 2/22/11: North Platte Telegraph newspaper article, Nebraska

  • 1/29/11: Tennessee Wildside TV program features "Fishing in Schools"

  •  1/2011: NFSP partners with 6 state fish & wildlife agencies (CO, NE, NV, KY, TN, WY); partnership will work to provide cost sharing, mentoring and support for "after school" and club activities for NFSP schools

  • 12/2010: FEF files application for funding with the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF); acceptance will support matching funds for 135 schools.

  • NFSP will be presenting at the Central District AAHPERD conference in Rapid City, SD, February 10-12, 2011

  • NFSP will be presenting at the Missouri
    AAHPERD state conference in Lake of the Ozarks, November 12-14, 2010

  • NFSP will be presenting at the Tennessee AAHPERD state conference in Murfreesboro, November 1 & 2, 2010

  • NFSP will be presenting at the Arizona AAHPERD state conference in Phoenix, October 21 & 22, 2010

  • NFSP will be presenting at the Aquatic Resources Education Association (AREA) annual meeting in Omaha, NE, October 4-6, 2010

  • NFSP to present at Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Annual Meeting (AFWA), Grand Rapids, MI, Sept. 26-29, 2010

  • NFSP to attend American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) annual trade show in Denver, September 9-11, 2010

  • Alliance for a Healthier Generation accepts NFSP curriculum 7/2010

  • News article, Angling Trade, June 2010

  • News article, Black Hills Pioneer, June 10, 2010

  • NFSP to exhibit National Archery in the Schools Program national competition, Louisville, KY; May 6-8, 2010

  • Katie Cole, Program Manager, presents NFSP to Nevada Dept. of Wildlife, Volunteer Instructor Training Academy; May 22, 2010

  • NFSP and "Front Page news" in Durango Herald, April 6, 2010

  • SE District Colorado Division of Wildlife to provide matching funds to area schools...April, 2010

  • PSA, Colorado Division of Wildlife to provide matching funds to SW District schools...April, 2010

  • NFSP exhibits/presents at National AAHPERD...March 17-19, 2010

  • NFSP Online Store opens...November 24, 2009

  • Lincoln Journal Star newspaper article...August 9, 2009

  • NFSP presents at several AAHPERD conferences

  • NFSP at AFFTA Fly Tackle Dealer Show...September 10-12, 2009

  • NFSP hosts flycasting competition at FFR

  • NFSP article in "Fly Fishing Colorado" September 17, 2009

  • NFSP in "FlyAnglersOnline" weekly magazine...October 12, 2009

  • NFSP in Wyoming's "Backcast" Newsletter...December, 2009

  • Tracy Krause, curriculum co-writer, receives 2008 National Teacher of the Year Award...April, 2008