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instructor workshop slated Monitor Staff Reports TYLER–The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be conducting a day-long free Hunter Education New Instructor Training Workshop Monday, June 26, in Tyler. The workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) East Texas Ecological Center, located at 11942 Farm-to-Market 848, Tyler. “We will be training new applicants and currently certified instructors in skills trail, live firing exercises and home study procedures,” TPWD hunter education specialist Robert Ramirez said. Before you attend this workshop, you must go to the following website and review the Introduction and the first four chapters of the instructor training manual. You will be required to sign an acknowledgment that you have done this pre-workshop assignment as part of your training. The site is http://tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/hunter_education/instruct.phtml Every Texas hunter born on or after Sept. 2, 1971, must successfully complete a hunter education course. Hunter education provides instruction in Texas hunting regulations, wildlife management and identification, conservation, ethics, firearm and hunting safety and responsibility and outdoor skills. “By understanding hunting through education, hunters and non-hunters alike will help make a bright future for the sport. Now is the time to become involved, so let us know if you are interested in becoming an instructor,” Ramirez said. To register, contact Phil Brakebill, TPWD Hunter Education Area Chief, at (903) 569-5882. Tag out on rundown
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