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Timberland Invasives Partners Technician Alex Forster, right, walks students through what different plants look like, including honeysuckle during the the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg.Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Wisconsin Soil Health Coordinator Jaime Patton, background in blue, stands in a dug hole to inform students about the age and health of the dirt during the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg.Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Students from Erin Weston’s fifth grade class from Marion participate in a simulation, where they students hold a string during the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg. Once an invasive species is introduced, certain students were asked to drop their end of the string to simulate what the effect is in nature. The invasive species station was just one of nine for students to learn at.Luke Reimer | NEW Media
From left, fifth-grade students Jaxson Schider, Maksym Guk, Wittenberg fifth-grade teacher Kate Jolitz and Nathaniel Horne work together to get solar energy using small solar panels at the renewable energy station during the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg.Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Shawano County Conservationist Scott Frank, right, takes answers from Tigerton fifth-grade teacher Doreen Kakes’ class at his station, conservation jeopardy, during the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg. Frank’s station contains a portion of all of the other stations during the day, helping to reinforce what the students have learned in the classroom and at the field day.Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Students in Birnamwood fifth-grade teacher Joe Ladika’s class sit and listen to a lecture on various animals that call Wilson Creek home, during the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg.Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Birnamwood fifth-grade student Ava Cornelius matches up the Chinese mystery snail with a picture of the snail at a stop at the Waterways Association of Shawano and Menominee County’s station during the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg.Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Wilson Creek Orchard owner Terry Nillissen talks students through what it takes to operate and manage an apple orchard during the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg.Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Fifth-grade students from Wittenberg, Birnamwood, Marion and Tigerton take a break in the middle of the day to enjoy some lunch before getting back out to learn during the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg.Luke Reimer | NEW Media