A Brighter Future for Recycling in Chaffee County
November 6, 2024
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Are you looking for a way to give back this spring? We’re looking for volunteers to work with our Youth Ecological Literacy Program (YELP) for school-based field work & experiences and the Stream Explorers program. Duties can include leading stations, helping rotate kids through stations, taking photos, etc. Station topics include – birding and fishing, river insects, watershed health, native and nonnative species, railroad history, Ute culture, forestry, and sustainability.
You don’t have to be an expert to help with a topic that interests you!
Dates:
May 8th & 9th – 4th graders at Ruby Mountain. Topics are Ecology & Stewardship
May 11 – 3rd graders at O’Haver. Topic is Our public lands and life cycles
May 18 – 6th Graders learning about Geology and Earth Sciences
May 23 & 24th – 6th Graders learning about Forest Density in Fourmile
Fridays in August & September – Stream Explorers
Contact Bianka at youth@garna.org for more info and to sign up as a volunteer!
GARNA works with communities of the upper Arkansas River valley to foster the stewardship of the region’s natural environment and the resilience of our communities.
