Tagged: environmentalism

Education
11:35 am
Tue October 23, 2012

Michigan racetrack to become place of environmental education

Credit Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio
7th grade students from Dundee board buses at Michigan International Speedway as part of the new Track and Explore program

Michigan school children will soon study nature at a place many people might find surprising: Michigan International Speedway.

The auto racing track hosts crowds in excess of 100 thousand when NASCAR comes to Brooklyn twice each summer.

But Adrian College biology professor Jeff Lake says the other 50 weeks of the year, the track's campgrounds are ideal for exploring the ecosystems of the Irish Hills.

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