The Junior Land Stewards have taken their last field trips of the year over these past couple of weeks. They visited their pollinator gardens and made their final formal observations about the changes and challenges of their native plants. Students explored their garden spaces, scavenger hunting to find a breadth of remarkable life in our open spaces. These finds included owl pellets, garter snakes, tree frogs, mushrooms, butterflies, hummingbirds- just to name a few.
In closing ceremony, the fourth graders said goodbye to the beloved high school docents who have been helping to facilitate the field experiences. Students were given a commemorative gift of a Pacific tree frog keychain. This local frog was hand drawn by CLT's board member, Sara Polgar- another humongous protector and lover of our shared open space lands.
It is the Coastside Land Trust’s great hope that, through this year of Junior Land Stewards experiences, these students have been connecting to nature and our collective open space lands in a way that inspires them to be lifelong stewards of open space and the greater natural environment.
Donate now to support the Junior Land Stewards, and the magic of this program that connects our local Coastside students to our mission to steward and protect our shared open space lands for present and future generations.
"Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives." - Thomas Berry
