275 students to experience Conservation Day

In an effort to teach area students the importance of protecting and preserving our environment, the University of Wisconsin-Extension of Kewaunee County will be hosting the annual Conservation Tour for Kewaunee County schools on Wednesday, May 16.

This event, which has been held annually since the 1990s, educates approximately 275 sixth-grade students from Kewaunee County public and parochial schools. The students will exposed to monitoring the fish population, wildlife habitats, benefits of trees, soil management, agricultural environmental regulations, wind energy and plastics recycling technology...