This week on Ours to Protect we visit Killarney National Park where teenagers from all over Kerry are learning hands on conservation work as part of a new Junior Ranger + course.
Sari Houlihan went along to the course to meet the young people and park rangers involved. Last Saturday afternoon in Muckross teenagers from all over the county from Rathmore to Glenbeigh worked with conservation rangers to clear an area of Yew woodland so new seedlings can flourish.
It’s the first time the Education Centre at Killarney National Park is running a monthly series of advanced conservation activities for young people aged from 14 to 17, building on courses they already run for children. Eoin and Cillian from Rathmore and Jake from Fossa told me why they signed up to the course.
