After being closed to students for two years, the Big Foot Nature Trail at Hood Avenue Primary is ready for young explorers to learn about nature.

For years, students had enjoyed walking and learning along the trail that is in the back of the school but that all came to an end when damaging winds from hurricane Katrina knocked down trees and scattered debris, making and the trail too dangerous to use. 

Now the trail is back and better than ever thanks to the hard work of Eagle Scout Kyle Kubit. In addition to cleaning up the trail, Kyle enlarged the path making it easier for classes to walk and view the sights. He added birdhouses, birdfeeders and toad houses, and, for the first time, an official entrance marks the beginning of the trail.

Classes will use the trail to study plants and animals that correlate to units they are studying.

A dedication ceremony was held at the entrance of the trail on March 12. Kyle was in attendance to officially open the trail with a ribbon cutting ceremony and then he led the first class through the trail and conducted a mini-lesson on animals and habitats.

Kyle earned his Eagle Scout designation for completion of the project. He is a student at Fayette County High.

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