Background
Bylsma, Carol Ann was born on December 5, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Carl Minke and Anna (Testa) Bylsma.
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Carol Ann Bylsma
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1970; Master of Arts, U. Northern Colorado, Greeley, 1978; postgraduate, U. Colorado, 1984; postgraduate, Rocky Mountain Bio Laboratory, Gothic, Colorado, 1984.
Career
Teacher, Douglas County Schools, Castle Rock, Colorado, 1970-1979;
teacher, Cherry Creek Schools, Englewood, Colorado, 1979-1981;
naturalist, Colorado Division Parks & Recreation, Denver, 1978-1981;
director, Barr Lake Nature Center, Brighton, Colorado
instructor, Metropolitan State College, Denver, 1982-1984;
environmental education consultant, Aerie Nature Series, 1982-1985;
director environmental education, Colorado Division Wildlife, Denver, 1985-1994;
coordinator aquatic education, Colorado Division Wildlife, Denver, 1990-1994;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Nature Adventures International, Denver, 1985-1994;
director education, Aspen (Colorado) Global Change Institute, 1994-1995;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Forest Song Associations, Phoenix, Arizona, since 1995. Board directors Wild Colorado Fund, 1987-1994. Faculty affiliate Colorado State University, Colorado School Mines, since 1990, U. Phoenix, since 1996.
Co-principal investigator water chemistry GLOBE program U. Arizona, since 1995, project coordinator, 1995. Project director Environmental Ednl. Outreach Program, Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, Monticello, Utah, 1995, 96.
Advisory county International Environmental Management Institute of America Graduate School International Business, Phoenix, since 1995. Science education consultant Durango (Colorado) 9R School District, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
President Western Interpreters Association, Denver, 1981-1983. Coordination field trips Denver Audubon Society, 1979-1982. Board directors Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, 1988-1990.
Member of national steering committee Project WILD, 1987-1990, national steering committee Aquatic Education for the Deaf, 1992. Technical consultant National WILD School Sites Program, Western Regional Environmental Education Council, since 1993. Member of advisory county International Environmental Management Institute, since 1995.
Member North America Environmental Education Association, National Science Teachers Association, The Wildlife Society (Professional Achievement award in Wildlife Education Colorado chapter 1992), Save the Rainforests, National Association Curriculum and Supervision, Xerces Society, Universal Pantheist Society.
Interests
Connections
Married Leo C. Jones Junior, June 23, 1961, (divorced November, 1979). Children: Lauran Marie, Lynell Annual.
