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Back-packing program teaches Linn County youth outdoors
More than 100 Linn county youngsters ages nine to twelve take part in weekly summer back-packing trips run by the extension service with HACAP recruitment. The eight week program at Yellow River Forest near Waterville aims to foster appreciation for nature and ecology through light packs, trout streams, and tented camping guided by college aides and local staff. Funding comes from Cedar Rapids transportation grants and child nutrition funds, with three prior trips in 1975 to Decorah Nordic Fest Amana Colonies and Des Moines to meet Gov. Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Burke
Linn County Extension Service
HACAP
Hawkeye
Yellow River Forest State Park
Waterville
Allamakee County
Linda Winston
Miss Winston
Winston
Extension Service
State Forest
Iowa
Hacap Urban Center
Mike Myers
Iowa State
Caroline Henderson
University of Northern Iowa
Donna Decarlo
Martha Reeder
Yellow River
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Department of Agriculture
Decorah
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Yellow River Forest
Kelly Kaiser
Gerald Kaiser
Third Avenue SW