Conservation Field Days is an outdoor educational event for sixth graders, hosted by the Chemung County Soil and Water Conservation District. Unfortunately, due to weather we had to limit it to a one-day event held Tuesday May 20th, 2025 at Park Station in Erin. The purpose for this event is to give the 300 students who attended an opportunity to become better acquainted with natural resources and the environment. They had the chance to learn about efforts being made by many of our partnering organizations to conserve our natural resources. Professionals from various fields gave a short program, enabling the students to learn not only about the subject matter discussed, but also see nature and conservation related occupations in action. The students travelled around to each station on their trail for 20-minute intervals. Station included fishing with Sportsman Federation and Trout Unlimited, Macroinvertebrates with Friends of Chemung River Friends, Forest Fire Safety with the New York DEC Forest Rangers, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Stormwater Coalition, Erin Volunteer Fire Department, Upper Susquehanna Coalition, Southern Tier Central Regional Planning & Development Board and many other wonderful volunteers. We can’t thank each of the presenters enough for dedicating their time to speak to these students from the Elmira City School District and Spencer VanEtten giving them a hands-on experience.