Roger Hayes, Winston County Commission Chairman, welcomes the group to Houston Recreation Area in the Bankhead National Forest
Heath King with the Northwest RC & D Council teaches GPS at his station.
Students look at honeycomb at the station on Beekeeping.
U. S. Coast Guard Flotilla on Smith Lake brought their boat.
Curtiss Cantrell with the U. S. Coast Guard teaches a class on boating and water safety.
Barry Baird, Manager of the Black Warrior Wildlife Management Area, teaches a class on hunting safety.
Forest Service firefighters teach students about fire safety and importance of prescribed fire.
Fire fighting tools.
Fighting fire with fire.
Kerry Clark talks to students about importance of teamwork when fighting fire.
Teamwork exercise.
Goal of the teamwork exercise to to put the most water in the bucket.
Lunch for presenters and guides.
Screech owl mount for the students to see at the hunter safety station.
Stephanie Love at her station about Forest Management.
Each different color poker chip represents water, nutrients, and sunlight. Each student must acquire at least one of each color to be a healthy "tree".
Mary Ann Crunk and Judy Lambert at the Water Quality learning station.
Kelly Sumerel teaches station on Forest Soils.
Thanks to Regional Paramedical Services for standing watch of the students in case of an accident.
Due to the wet weather, a school bus got stuck.
Jared Nobles and Craig Moore pitch in to pull the bus out.
