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Exploring the Walnut Creek Wetland Center

See second-graders from Exploris Elementary School discovering nature in our local wetlands.
Photography by Justin Kase Conder

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While we were at the Walnut Creek Wetland Center learning about its history, we followed a group of second-graders through the park to see what they discovered. Here are a few of our favorite shots from their very muddy morning.

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