Logan City Sidewalk Project Interpretative Sign

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In November 2015 this interpretative sign describing the Logan City Sidewalk Project was installed at Stokes Nature Center. Check it out next time you are at Stokes.

Content by: Megan Dettenmaier, USU Forestry Extension Educator, Mike Kuhns, USU Forestry Extension Specialist

Thanks to our Project Sponsors: Stokes Nature Center, Logan City, Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands and Superior Sign.

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