Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
IRON COUNTY Forester Eric Peterson, center, talks to a group of students from the Hurley K-12 School and Purdue University, Monday about how the forestry department marks which trees to log in a timber sale. The discussion was part of a field trip designed to expose the students from the two schools to natural resource careers.
By RICHARD JENKINS
IRON BELT - A group of students from the Hurley K-12 School and Purdue University's Forestry and Natural Resources program got a chance to go out into the woods Monday and see firsthand some of the real world opportunities natural resource careers provide.
"What we're doing is, we're trying to expose both the Hurley kids and the Purdue students to natural resource (opportunities) - to diversify their experiences," said Zach Wilson, a conservation specialist with the Iron County Land and Water Conservation Department.
The field trip has been par...
