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EARTH TEAM VOLUNTEERS CELEBRATE EARTH DAY

 The RC&D Council held their annual Earth Day and Earth Team celebration on April 24th at the Rural Retreat Elementary School Rain Garden Project site.  Five Earthteam Volunteers from the RC&D Council worked with approximately 60 fifth graders to plant over 40 plants and shrubs.

Anyone age 14 or older can join the New River-Highlands RC&D Earth Team.  For more information, contact Gary Boring at 276-228-2879 or call 1-888-LANDCARE.

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Groups represented at the Earth Team Day event included Tazewell Soil & Water Conservation District, New River Valley Planning District Commission, Wythe County, Montgomery County, Mount Rogers Planning District Commission,  Natural Resources Conservation Service and New River-Highlands RC&D Council.

 The volunteers of the NRCS Earth Team were treated to a lunch at the Rural Retreat Lake Park upon completion of the planting and were awarded certificates for the past year’s volunteer efforts.