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Fifty-plus years of moving education outdoors

Area students descend upon Cloquet Forestry Center

Some of the first morning frosts of the season didn't put a chill on the enthusiasm of local fifth-graders participating in the Conservation Education Days at the University of Minnesota's Cloquet Forestry Center last week.

More than 500 students from eight Carlton County school districts spent a full day learning outside their usual classrooms at the educational event focused on natural science topics Sept. 28-29.

The annual event for fifth-graders has been held since 1968 in the same demonstration field area of the Cloquet Forestry Center. O...

 
 
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