Students Today Leaders Forever Volunteer for a Service Project at Grand Junction Wildlife Area

Written by: Justyn Liff

Student Today Leaders Forever group photoOn March 23, 2016, approximately 45 University of Wisconsin students from “Students Today Leaders Forever” volunteered at Reclamation’s Grand Junction Wildlife Area in Grand Junction, Colorado. The student volunteers pruned trees and cut and removed weed barrier material from around cottonwood trees at the wildlife area. The project ensured the health and growth of trees planted in the wildlife area 17 years ago. The trees are important because they provide wildlife habitat, soil stabilization, erosion control, and a measure of flood control. Student leaders with the Wisconsin Chapter of “Students Today Leaders Forever” organized a “Pay It Forward” bus tour over their spring break from Madison, Wisconsin, to Salt Lake City, Utah. The students completed four other volunteer projects before helping at the wildlife area. The wildlife area volunteer project is their last before they meet with other “Students Today Leaders Forever” members for their final volunteer project in Salt Lake City. Megan Dix, one of the student organizers said the volunteer projects have been and an amazing experience for all the students.

Published on March 24, 2016