The high school offers a ecology/environmental science class that will meet the state requirements for one of the four years of science to enter a 4-year college. We have three upperclassman classes that recycle paper, cans and bottles once a week for buildings within the school district throughout the school year. During the fall of 2009, the ecology/environmental science students planted over 50 bushes, trees and fruit bearing vines in our OWLS located on the high school property. The classes also maintain the site throughout the school year by adding habitat (building sheltered areas out of downed or cut limbs), bird boxes, bat boxes, etc. For 2010 with the help of a Lowe's Toolbox for Education grant, a grant from Credit Union of America, a renovation grant from KS Wildlife and Parks and personal donations are building ten Leopold benches for seating in the outdoor wildlife learning site, installation of purple martin houses, overseeding of grasses and forbes in the native grasses section of the OWLS area, installation of an "art in the prairie" exhibit along the nature trail in the OWLS area, installation of a floating dock system made from recycled plastics and development of three interpretive native plant interpretive gardens representing short, mixed and tall grasses plants.