Outdoor Recreation Youth Day 2023
More than 200 youth came out Saturday, August 19th, for Youth Day!
There were 13 booths set up with a variety of activities:
Metal Detecting with SW MI Seek & Search Club
Fly Fishing with Alder Creek Angling
Boy Scouts
Archery with National Deer Association
Atlatl with Gun Lake Tribe
Soil Painting with Barry Conservation District
Birding with Bird Club
Wildlife Education with Department of Natural Resources
Hiking with North Country Trail Association
Bike Giveaway with Barry County Blue Zones
B-Bus & Y on the Fly with YMCA
Fishing with Sportsmen’s Outreach
Macroinvertebrate Sampling with Pierce Cedar Creek Institute & Battle Creek Outdoor Education Center
Soil Painting with the BCD
We used soil found on site, water, and mod podge to create the beautiful works of art pictured below.
You can even try this at home! Print or draw your own picture and use soil to paint it.
Paint recipe: 2 parts finely crushed soil, 1 part water, 1 part mod podge
