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Hands-On Conservation Education

(above) Chief White reads with Brent Elementary School first-graders (NRCS image -- click to enlarge)

(above) Chief White reads with Brent Elementary School first-graders (NRCS image -- click to enlarge)

Chief White helps plant a flowering shrub (NRCS image -- click to enlarge)

Chief White helps plant a flowering shrub (NRCS image -- click to enlarge)

NRCS Chief Dave White and National Association of Conservation Districts CEO Krysta Hardin recently taught a hands-on lesson in conservation to first grade students at Brent Elementary School in Washington, DC. Lesson activities included Chief White and Krysta Hardin reading a book about soil with students and then helping plant flowers and shrubs on the school grounds. The “Soil – Dig It” event, organized by District of Columbia district conservationist Leslie Burks, was held during NACD’s Stewardship Week.
Your contact is NRCS public affairs specialist Fred Jacobs at 202-720-4772.