Unicorn Studios of Poulsbo, a video production company dedicated to environmental education through media, this month released a new nature video, “Kitsap County Wild!” for students in third through sixth grades. It examines, through a child’s eyes, the natural habitats and their wild residents.

Complimentary copies of the DVD will be given to elementary schools in Kitsap County.

Unicorn Studios is Nancy Sefton’s third video production company and specializes in the creation of educational nature videos on a pro bono basis for environmental organizations. Three of Sefton’s past productions have won the prestigious American Library Association designation of Notable Children’s Media.

“Kitsap County Wild!” is a natural habitat adventure, endorsed by the Great Peninsula Conservancy, Kitsap Audubon, Kitsap County Department of Natural Resources and Stillwaters Environmental Education Center.

In 2006, Unicorn Studios, the Foulweather Bluff Management Committee and the Shipton Library Grant, under the auspices of The Nature Conservancy of Washington, released a donated video production for North Kitsap fourth- and fifth-graders titled, “Foulweather Bluff: A Place of Wonders.” Students participated, providing art, creative writing, and narration.

Based on its success, Sefton expanded the video for the county’s 50 elementary schools, this time with a wider scope: a 15-minute survey, using animated characters as well as real nature scenes, of Kitsap County habitats including forests, salmon streams, wetlands, beaches and the near-shore marine realm.

Sefton has successfully worked with the Seattle Aquarium, The Nature Conservancy, Great Peninsula Conservancy, Hansville Greenway, Stillwaters, the University of Alaska, People For Puget Sound, and others. Her videos have been used by PBS, and her nature images have appeared in such periodicals as National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines.

For more information, e-mail Nancy Sefton at nrsefton@comcast.net.