On Thursday, September 8th, 2022, the O’Brien County Soil & Water Conservation District hosted the 54th  O’Brien County 6th Grade Outdoor Classroom.  The 6th grade students from Sheldon Community, South O’Brien, Sanborn Christian, Zion St, John Lutheran, and their teachers along with chaperones spent the day at the Prairie Heritage Center.
They began their day with cookies, milk or juice sponsored by Western Iowa Dairy Alliance, O’Brien Farm Bureau, and the O’Brien County Soil & Water Conservation District.
Sessions included: Predator/Prey (Hannah Hernandez of the Prairie Heritage Center), Fishing (Michael Sundall – Pheasants Forever) Spears (Mark Wilson – Park Ranger), Soil Health (Andrew Koehlmoos – NRCS), Furs – (Travis Scott – PHC), Prairie  Life (Kerisa Pingel – Sanford Museum), Water Olympics (Riley White- O’Brien & Sioux County State Technician), Bees – (Philip Westra – Sanborn Christian Reformed Church),
We want to give a special thank you to the Prairie Heritage Center for the wonderful surroundings and Hannah, the O’Brien County Naturalist, for the great job she did helping put this day together!!
The O’Brien County SWCD would also like to thank the schools and their students, instructors, and chaperones and guests, and our Sponsors for making the 54th Outdoor Classroom a successful day!