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Celebrating Mother Earth
Elachee gets head start on activities for Earth Day
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Audrey Barrett hacks out a new trail Saturday at Chicopee Woods Area Park. Barrett and other University of North Georgia and area high school honor student volunteers cut a new, contour-friendly path around an eroded section of Walnut Creek Trail as part of the Earth Day activities at Elachee Nature Center. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Earth Day isn’t until Tuesday, but a few residents grabbed shovels, axes and rakes and got their hands dirty to show appreciation to Mother Nature. Elachee Nature Science Center kicked off festivities Saturday across Gainesville with its annual Earth Day celebration. The event began at 9 a.m. where Rob Stuart, the center’s natural resources manager, lead a hands-on group of college and high school honor student volunteers out on the Walnut Creek Trail to begin construction of a new contour-friendly trail in the Chicopee Woods Area Park.