PPRI’s annual SOAR camp off to a hot start

Four-day camp ends with fun, education in Platte

Camper Jaxon Bayne holds the molt of a crawdad. After, he let it back into the river as the molts provide vital nutrients to crawdads.
Camper Jaxon Bayne holds the molt of a crawdad. After, he let it back into the river as the molts provide vital nutrients to crawdads.

Another year of Prairie Plains Resource Institute’s summer camp SOAR (Summer Orientation About Rivers) began during last week’s sweltering heat.  For two weeks each summer, Prairie Plains hosts SOAR for kids in grades three through six. Every day is something different, whether that be hiking the prairie, learning about the watershed, net fishing, and so much more. Kids are exposed to all the…