Students get hands-on experience at environmental field day

Around 100 fifth grade students from Boyceville and Colfax Schools attended the second annual Environmental Field Day at the Bjornson Education-Recreation Center near Knapp on Friday, May 6. The students were given hands-on opportunities to learn about stream ecology, soils, forestry, and native and invasive plants.

The event was hosted by the Dunn Environmental Education Steering Committee (DEESC) with assistance provided by several agencies and nonprofits: Dunn County Land and Water Conservation Division of the Environmental Services Department (LWCD), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Red Cedar Basin Monitoring Group (RCBMG) and the Lower Chippewa Invasives Partnership (LCIP).