Wild ways: New Eco Rangers programme gets the kids outdoors

Helen O’Callaghan looks at Eco Rangers, a Bord na Móna programme that aims to reconnect kids with the great outdoors.

THE girls at Gortskehy NS in Co Mayo loved the ladybugs but were a bit squeamish about the earthworms. Their teacher, Suzanne McDonald, was simply happy they’d had the opportunity to explore the “fabulous world of nature on their doorstep”.