About the Outdoor Prairie and Outdoor Classroom

Marshall County Central District leaders met with officials from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to explore converting seven acres of unused school land to an outdoor prairie wetland restoration area. The resulting 10-year agreement has MCC science students working alongside Forest Service staff to reshape, seed and restore the land, including planting over 1,000 milkweed plants to support Monarch butterflies.

Students and the community can see how the native lands looked prior to settlement. It also is an important learning area for social studies, art, photography, and recreation. Most recently the Agassiz Audubon Society provided a solar-powered webcam to view bird feeders and bird nesting areas and access to a grant for binoculars for ecology students. Although science is the main emphasis, the area can be used by many teachers for any subject.

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