6th Grade Outdoor Classroom

Every year the commissioners sponsor an outdoor field day at Kindlespire Park.  The event is an "educational day" to learn more about our natural resources and specific areas of conservation from local people throughout our community. Students rotate between 9 stations for 20 minute sessions to learn about a wide variety of topics. These topics included: Birds, Wetlands, Bats, Forestry, Fishing, Bees, Water Quality, Fire Safety and Hiking. Our thanks to the presenters that volunteer their time every year to make this a successful day. On May 9th, 2007, 190+ students from Johnson, Lincoln, Fairview, Sacred Heart, South Clay, Clay Central/Everly, and Iowa Lakes Lutheran sixth grade classes attended accompanied by teachers and chaperones.

(Photos courtesy of Kris Todd, Spencer Daily Reporter)

BEES......

  FIRE SAFETY.....      

               WETLANDS.....

  Thank you to:

Donna Brahms, 3 Bee Honey Farms;  Ann Byers, Soil Conservationist, NRCS; Kevin Maassen, Clay County Conservation Board; Lee Schoenewe, Jim McDonnell, Gary Biederman,  Irv Schnell,  Bob Fitzgerald, & Ron Wasmund, Fishermen; Steve Anderson, Water Quality Specialist, NRCS; Tom Roos, Department of Natural Resources, Todd Huckfelt, Spencer Fireman; Mark Sandvig,  Wetland Specialist, NRCS; and Jamie Blankenship, Naturalist, Iowa Department of Natural Resources.