The 60th annual Douglas County School Forestry Tour, hosted by the Oregon State University Extension Service, was held last week. Over the course of three days, April 19-21, over 800 fifth grade students, their teachers and parent chaperones visited the Glide Educational Forest for a day of hand-on learning in the woods.
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