More than 6,500 students will visit Illinois state parks, natural areas, museums to learn about the nature and conservation thanks to grant funding through the Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grant Program. In Christian County, Pana Junior High will be making a trip to Chicago according to Ed Cross with the IDNR.
According to Cross, there is also some other nearby county schools that will be taking trips themselves.
Winners of the grant represented 36 counties in Illinois.