Nature as the classroom – field trip offers new experience for local high school students

On a warm spring day 41 curious adolescents hiked hand-in-hand or were pushed in wheelchairs outside in the open air April 6 at Bear Yuba Land Trust’s Burton Homestead. Students from Nevada Union High School’s Special Education Department and boys and girls basketball teams were learning, exploring and all smiles.

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49er Rotary and Bear Yuba Land Trust recognized for Youth Project of the Year

A youth nature outing that sent 30 special needs kids to Black Swan Preserve was recognized by a Rotary Club competition.