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your homegrown newspaper May 17, 2023
Vol. 19, No. 35
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Preserve a protect
MSU pg. 12
SUMMER GODDARD / VALLEY JOURNAL
Care for natural resources taught at annual River Honoring event By Taylor Davison / Valley Journal
Dance pg. 16
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — This year’s river honoring saw a return to preCOVID numbers as students and members of the community gathered to pay respect to and learn about natural resources. The river honoring is a celebration of the Flathead River and the resources and sustenance it carries from the mountains through
the community. The celebration has been held for 36 years. An evening gathering provided information and education to about 100 community members unable to attend the daytime river honoring activities. For the two days of the river honoring, approximately 500 fourth and fifth grade students from schools across the reservation (including Corvallis schools), gathered along the river.
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Throughout the days, kids visited two looped courses with several stations each learning about people who’ve played significant roles in the community and other stations that taught about natural resources programs including a fishery station where kids could view live fish and learn to identify them up close. Game wardens and members of Salish Kootenai College’s hydrology see page 2