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Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District Receives Field Trip Grant KETCHIKAN, Alaska–In May, all Ketchikan fourth-grade students will board a ship for a 3.5-hour sea tour. The Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District is one of 186
federal sites selected to receive a field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s National Parks.
While on board, Forest Service specialists will discuss fish and wildlife biology, geology, and archeology of the shoreline and surrounding
area. “The Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District is very pleased to have received an
Every Kid in a Park Transportation Grant to be able to fund these trips,” said Fish, Wildlife, Watershed, Botany Staff Officer, Jon Hyde. The National Park Foundation grant is getting fourth-graders into parks, public lands and waters that belong to all Americans. This grant, part of the Foundation’s
Open Out Doors for Kids program, supports the White House
Every Kid in a Park
youth initiative.
For more information, contact Jon Hyde at 907-228-4137 or
jmhyde@xxxxxxxxx.
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