Photos: 2018 UH Hilo Conservation Career Day, displays inspire island schoolchildren to pursue careers in conservation

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The event was chock-full of fun interactive displays about conservation and preservation activity on Hawaiʻi island and showcased local employment opportunities.

Photos by Elijah Owens/UH Hilo Stories.

Schoolchildren looking at a turtle display with life size models of turtles.
Future biologists learns about endangered sea turtles.

The 6th annual Conservation Career Day was held at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo last Friday in collaboration with the Earth Day Fair. The career event was full of exhibits, displays and hands-on activities led by Hawaiʻi Community College and UH Hilo professors and instructors and other local scientists and agencies in the field of natural resource management, all with the goal to inspire local schoolchildren to become environmental stewards and to pursue careers in natural resource management. The event was chock-full of fun interactive displays about conservation and preservation activity on Hawaiʻi island and showcased local employment opportunities.

Boy with headphones looks at laptop screen with image of Hawaiian crows and an audio graph while he listens to audio of Hawaiian crow calls.
Future conservation scientist listens to audio of the Hawaiian crow.

Video about Earth Day at UH Hilo

Photos by Elijah Owens (sophomore, geology), a photographer for the Office of the Chancellor and UH Hilo Stories.

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