FAWN students learn forestry

WHATLEY — Approximately 300 Clarke County sixth graders — public, private, and home- schooled — joined in the Forestry Awareness Week Now educational program for an outdoor classroom presentation at Scotch Park in Whatley during a two-day event April 30 and May 1. Brenda Barnes, administrator of the Clarke County Soil and Water District and coordinator with the Forestry Planning Commission, said the event had taken place in the county since 1998. “The numbers were a little down this year, but we still had a good turnout,” said Barnes, who has been associated with FAWN for about 20 years. Noting...

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