Clay County Conservation visits CC/E students

Last Thursday a Clay County conservationist came to Clay Central/Everly for an outdoor presentation on caribou. Students learned how caribou differ from our local whitetail deer.

Students learned about caribou antlers and how they are much larger and their fur is far thicker than local deer, noting that caribou and deer antlers are dense, not hollow. Caribou's antlers are typically shed during different months – males during the months of November and December while females keep theirs until May after their calves are born.

Caribou are not indigenous to our area, typically living in tundra regions. However, caribou farms can be found within the state. The naturalist brought in caribou hide, whitetail deer hide and a whitetail deer skull to present the students and taught them about different diseases that deer and caribou carry.

Pictured here, second and third graders hold a caribou's shed antlers on the CC/E playground last week while learning about deer and caribou.