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Every year, Mariah Acton meets fourth-graders who have never been on a hike or seen a blue heron.
And every year, the Columbia River Watershed Festival seeks to change that, and give students a new perspective.
Columbia River Watershed Festival encourages stewardship and preservation
Getting kids into nature
- By Danielle Frost
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October 2, 2012 12:00 am
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Life
Fourth-grade students run through a salmon obstacle course on Friday as a part of the Columbia River Watershed Festival at Capt. William Clark Park.
Hathaway Elementary students play a trivia game about their knowledge of invasive aquatic species.
Prune Hill Elementary School students brainstorm definitions of "reuse" during the festival, which brought 1,000 kids to the park last Thursday and Friday.
Grass Valley Elementary students make cactus fly refrigerator magnets out of recycled phone wires, straws and pipe cleaners.
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