Photos: Ladd Grade School students celebrate Earth Day in the Parks

Dyaln Conlin a sixth grader at Ladd Grade School uses a wrench to tighten a bird feeder with volunteer Paul Wheeler at Matthiessen State Park on Thursday April 15, 2021. The school partnered with the Illinois Departmnent of Natural Resources for "Earth Day in the Parks," a student implemented stewardship project. The students hung bird houses and planted many different prairie flowers. (Scott Anderson)