BCWF Awards Five Local Scholarships
The Barnes County Wildlife Club met for their monthly meeting April 14th at the Valley City Eagles Club, and the first order of business was to award scholarships to five high school seniors who have enrolled in Valley City State University’s Fisheries and Wildlife Program. They will begin college in the fall. CWF Scholarship recipients are as follows:
Bridger Pulver, son of Chris and Alecia Pulver from Stanley, ND, is a student at Stanley High School.
Kaden Krause, son of Mike and Heidi Krause from Mandan, ND, is student at Mandan High School.
Jacob Knapek, son of Kevin and Rachel Knapek from Saint Cloud, MN, is a student at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School.
Noah Schaeffer, son of Paul & Kim Schaeffer from West Fargo, ND, is a student at West Fargo High School.
Breean Hanson, daughter of Shawn and Deb Hanson from Jamestown, ND, is a student at Jamestown High School.
Each student was awarded $250 in scholarship funds from the Barnes County Wildlife Federation.
VCSU Professor Bob Anderson shared with the club members that he currently has over 70 students enrolled in the Fisheries and Wildlife Program and that all students are presented the option to apply for the scholarship.
The scholarship fund is awarded through Barnes County Wildlife Fund as well as with donations such as the most recent one established in memory of Leigh P. Hanson, a former hunting enthusiast and citizen of Valley City.
Scholarship information is available by contacting VCSU Professor Bob Anderson at (605) 695-1344 or BCWF President Perry Kapaun at (701) 490-1797.
The Barnes County Wildlife Federation, with over 600 active members, is an organization devoted to promoting and preserving outdoors opportunities for the people of Barnes County. Through habitat programs, access projects, and beneficial additions throughout the county, BCWF helps thousands of people each year get more enjoyment out of hunting, fishing, camping and other recreational opportunities, and ensures that those opportunities remain plentiful in the area.
The BCWF is allied with the North Dakota Wildlife Federation and the National Wildlife Federation in protecting natural resources, promoting the heritage of hunting, fishing and trapping and giving a voice to the individual sportsman and conservationist in a time where commercialization of wildlife and wanton waste and destruction of our natural resources is escalating.
Through local conservation efforts and a tightknit membership, BCWF is helping to make a difference in our outdoors by protecting and promoting the many natural resources, watchable wildlife, fish and game found throughout Barnes County and beyond.
Club member benefits include a monthly club newsletter, free burgers at most meetings, and a subscription to North Dakota Outdoors Magazine.
BCWF meets at the Valley City Eagles Club the 2nd Wednesday of every month. For more information on membership visit www.barnescountywildlifeclub.org.