field trip

Before retiring, Marquart said, he helped organize a field trip involving the Forest Service, BLM and State Parks to showcase the impacts.

Proceeds help to fund philanthropic causes and programs such as field trips and camp visits.

The annual field trip had a different tone this year, however, as immigration enforcement raids have swept their communities.

It’s not open to the general public, but he frequently hosts deputies, prosecutors, law students and even school field trips.

So, although an elementary school with declining enrollment is struggling to hold on to all of its teachers, funding for after-school programs and field trips is enormously expanded compared with a decade ago.