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Teton County 



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FIRST ANNUAL 



CREEKS AND CRITTERS 

 OUTDOOR CLASSROOM 



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 in Spring Crttk! 



The First Annual Creeks and Crillcrs Outdoor 

 Classroom was held on May 18. 2000. along Spnng 

 Creek in the Cholcau City Park. One hundred and 

 thirty-five grade-school students from eight schools 

 around the county came to spend the beautiful spring 

 day learning about how riparian health afTccls soil, 

 water, geology, wildlife, aquatic life, and plant life, 

 Presenters u-scd hands-on activities as children learned 

 rudimentary ecological concepts. 



Funding for the daylong program was through an MB 

 223 mini-grant from the Montana Department of 

 Natural Resources and Conservation through the felon 

 County Conservation Dislncl. 



Others w ho presented and assisted include Lisa Flowers 

 with Hoone and Crockett. Patty Johnston with the U.S. 

 Forest Service. Can Ostberg and Rick Handy of Ihc 

 Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Paul 

 Uclanger of I "he Nature Conscr\ancy. Alan Rollo from 

 the leton River Watershed Group. H til Hill andQuentm 

 Kuajala of the Montana Department of Fish. Wildlife 

 and Parks. Uecca Manna of the Old trail Museum, and 

 Dan Clark, leton County Flxlcnsion Agent- 

 Five FFA students from Fairfield High School and four 

 FFA students from Chotcau 1 ligh School attended the 

 outdoor classroom to a.ssist with smoothly moving the 

 groups between stations. Resource kits were given to 

 the teachers at the end of the program ITie kids were 

 also given large trash bags and encouraged to pick up 

 garbage along the creek as they passed from station (o 

 station. 



