Family Forestry Expo showcases natural resources

Fifth-graders in teacher Kirsten Pevey's class at Rankin Elementary School inspect the bed of Trumbull Creek with a viewing tube at the fisheries station at the Family Forestry Expo on Tuesday, May 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fifth-grade students in teacher Kirsten Pevey's class at Rankin Elementary School get an opportunity to hold a crayfish at the fisheries station at the Family Forestry Expo on Tuesday, May 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Dillon Tabish, Regional Communication and Education Program Manager with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, shows a crayfish to students from Kirsten Pevey's fifth-grade class at Rankin Elementary School at the fisheries station of the Family Forestry Expo on Tuesday, May 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Carolyn Clark, with the Glacier Institute, gives a presentation on owls at the wildlife station at the Family Forestry Expo on Tuesday, May 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fifth-grade students in teacher Kirsten Pevey's class at Rankin Elementary School get an opportunity to view different species of owls from Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center at a wildlife station at the Family Forestry Expo on Tuesday, May 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A great horned owl from Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center, looks out from its enclosure at a wildlife station at the Family Forestry Expo on Tuesday, May 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fifth-grade students in teacher Kirsten Pevey's class at Rankin Elementary School get an opportunity to handle different species of fish found in local waterways with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Fisheries Biologist Leo Rosenthal at the fisheries station at the Family Forestry Expo on Tuesday, May 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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