Randolph County Forestry and Young Farmers Field Days

The Alabama Forest Commissions hosted a Forest Field Day for 5th graders, and the Young Farmers FFA hosted an Annual Young Farmers Field Day for 4th graders in Randolph County.

The Forest Field Day was held by private landowners that are actively applying forest management practices. There were four different locations throughout the county; Woodland, Wadley, Roanoke, and Wedowee.

Randolph/Clay County SWCD/NRCS informed the participants about forest related topics such as threatened and endangered species, habitat improvement for wildlife, stream management zone, and riparian buffer. Students were captured by the outdoors setting and excited to learning new ways of improving their environment. 

The forest day also included presentations about tree identification, "Everything Needs Space," and "Who Lives Here."

When the Young Farmers ALFA hosted its 4th Annual Young Farmers Farm Day, students from from Woodland, Wadley, Wedowee, Handley, and New Hope Christian Schools attended. 

Randolph County SWCS/NRCS staff presented the Enviroscape to more than 350 students and adults.  The Enviroscape is a interactive learning tool that helps build understanding for the importance of water conservation, water pollution, water cycle and how we can protect resources.  The demonstration showed how watersheds function; how point source and non-point source pollution occurs; and how to prevent water pollution.  Students rotated turns making it rain and following potential pollutions path from their communities to nearby water bodies such as Lake Wedowee.  The Enviroscape model received outstanding reviews from the audience. 

The Annual Farm Day also included various demonstrations such as butter churning, a mobile dairy, micro-invertebrates, Alabama Power Company, water sampling, and beekeeping.

The Forest Field Day and Young Farmers Farm Day were a success in providing education to our youth about their environment.

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