Museum Staff Connects With Students on Climate Change and Forests
For immediate release ‐ May 06, 2021
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Erin Apple, Coordinator of Youth Programs at the NCMNS and a member of the YES-Resilience Project Team, connects with program participants over Zoom in preparation for demonstrating a prescribed burn at Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh, NC. Photo: Dana Haine/UNC IE.
Recently, the UNC Institute for the Environment’s Center for Public Engagement With Science, in collaboration with the Museum, conducted a half-day virtual academy on the topic of climate change and forests for students. Erin Apple, the Museum’s Coordinator of Youth Programs, demonstrated a prescribed burn at Prairie Ridge, described as “a highlight of the event.”
Read more about this collaboration between UNC and the Museum.
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