One year ago, the nation’s first nature school of its kind opened in central Missouri. How’s it going so far at Boone County Nature School? Margie Vandeven, the State Department of Conservation’s Education Branch chief, said the focus of hands-on learning in nature is...
One year ago, the nation’s first nature school opened in central Missouri’s Boone County. Alisa Nelson talks to the State Department of Conservation’s Education Branch Chief, Margie Vandeven, who says learning in nature is having an incredible impact on student...
Almost one year ago, the first-of-its-kind nature school opened in central Missouri. Alisa Nelson talks to the state Department of Conservation’s Education Branch Chief, Margie Vandeven, who says the Boone County Nature School gets middle schoolers excited about...
After a decade in the making, Missouri’s first-ever nature school is open for business. Alisa Nelson talks to Department of Conservation educator Jenna Stiek, who says the Boone County Nature School has begun teaching students about the great outdoors.
“Let the love of nature be discovered here and thrive here on these grounds. May this love for the outdoors change the world for the better,” said former Missouri Department of Conservation Director Sara Parker Pauley. She made those comments Friday during a ceremony...
