LINCOLN — It is a regular thing here in Montana - growth, death, and rebirth, but one thing that can hinder that is noxious weeds, which can take over Montana's native plants.

That's why students from Lincoln are getting out into nature to help the forests they've grown up with.

Students explain the purpose of their project: Lincoln students work to protect forest they grew up alongside

Students from Lincoln Public Schools split into two groups for a day of noxious weed pulling - one at Indian Meadows Trailhead and the other at Blackfoot Pathway: Sculpture in the Wild .

"The vision for the park from the beginning [was] that this could be a place that the community could come and come together and explore and appreciate this landscape that's right here in town," said Erin Farris-Ols

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