Conservation Day: a ribbitting experience

Rebekah Houser/Tribune photo Eugene Ware fourth grader Kamdyn Farrell, left, examines a bullfrog held by Sydney Hale, a Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism fisheries biologist, Tuesday during the Conservation Day in Gunn Park for area fourth graders.

Nearly 200 fourth grade students from West Bourbon Elementary, St. Mary's Catholic School, and Eugene Ware Elementary participated in Conservation Day activities in Gunn Park.

The event included multiple 15-minute stations that each covered a different area of conservation.

The stations included enviroscape, soil (using crumbled cookies), Forestry Service, recycling, a soil tunnel trailer, fish biology, a rain simulation, a stream trailer, and animal identification.

The event was sponsored by the National Resources Conservation Service and the Bourbon County Conservation District.