FFSD’s Little Creek Nature Area to Host Earth Day Celebration April 23

Little Creek Nature Area, the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s 97-acre nature preserve, will host an Earth Day celebration from 8 a.m. to noon. Saturday, April 23. The free event will be held at 2295 Dunn Road in Florissant and feature earth-friendly how-tos, hiking and outdoor family fun.

Attendees will be able to witness a rehabilitated bird release and raptor show, hike the nature preserve’s ADA-accessible trails, take an Audubon Society bird-watching walk, visit with and feed farm animals, create earth-friendly crafts and participate in educational activities at Little Creek’s pond. Guests can also create earth-friendly crafts.

The event will also include a 10 a.m. presentation of the Green Ribbon School Awards to Ferguson-Florissant schools that promote sustainable practices in energy usage, gardening, recycling and waste reduction, water run-off and erosion.

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