KIDS in Conservation
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Trinity High School
Wetlands Field Day
Spring and summer are seasons for enjoying the outdoors, especially if you are young. The RCD has combined this with our goal of providing conservation education to our youth in some fun and interesting ways!
We have worked closely with Trinity High School and Weaverville Elementary School with grants from the California Coastal Salmon Recovery Program to conduct field days at the Trinity Alps Industrial Park Wetlands. Instructors from the RCD, NRCS, AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Program, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Reclamation’s Trinity River Restoration Program, set up a series of stations around the wetlands to give students hands-on experience. Seventy students from the High School’s Agricultural Sciences program, helped monitor the wetlands, sampling for aquatic insects and amphibians, bird and wildlife sightings, soils, hydrology, and surveying. All of the 4th grade students from Weaverville shared a day of outdoor environmental education that drew on the same team of experts. One of the parents/ instructors, John Tiedeman, the NRCS engineer, believes “4th graders understand the fundamental concepts – just present it in appropriate kid language.”
A new project for the RCD is the Weaverville Summer Day Camp at Lowden Park. Laura Murphy and her team of counselors, six students from Trinity High School, have organized 2-week sessions filled with fun and educational activities for young “campers” that include visits to the Children’s Garden, trips to the Trinity County Library, arts and crafts, bird watching, nutrition and exercise programs to encourage healthy lifestyles, and much, much more. The Trinity Trust, Trinity County Board of Supervisors, through Title III, and the California Regional Nutrition Network are funding this year’s Day Camp.
Weaverville Summer
Day Camp
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Weaverville Elementary
4th Grade Field Day
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