Out here you have the shore, the mountains and the plains.

It's to get people to realize what they have and feel thankful, in hopes that if they gain an appreciation for what they have they might want to save it in the future when land becomes very scarce. We want to maintain a sense of connection with the natural world.

A lot of people choose [not to] or don't have the time to get out there and explore. But there's so much to see. They come to the center and say, 'I see a turkey! And deer! And foxes!' They don't expect it.

We trim in various areas to ensure reliability. This particular feeder line serves the hospital and we wanted to make sure we have the reliability we need before the summer months hit.

So we are switching to Terra Nova (in order) to continue with Project Soar.

We're looking at doing that, continuing with Battelle in all five areas so we would have science, social studies and writing information also. In order to do that, we needed to change from the Iowa Achievement Test to the Terra Nova, because of the test pool and the large push from Battelle to only support that one test.