PPRI center put to good use by Youth Naturalists

Young campers have fun taking up-close look at nature

  • Prairie Plains Resource Institute’s Sarah Bailey, center, helps Youth Naturalist campers gather insects last week on the Gjerloff Prairie west of Marquette.
    Prairie Plains Resource Institute’s Sarah Bailey, center, helps Youth Naturalist campers gather insects last week on the Gjerloff Prairie west of Marquette.
A group of 10 students took a deeper dive into learning about the diverse Hamilton County landscape around them last week, enjoying a full slate of activities as part of the Prairie Plains Resource Institute’s Youth Naturalist Program. Designed to build off the interest and base of knowledge initiated during Summer Orientation About Rivers (SOAR), this program offered more freedom for older…

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