US Conservation Program Teaches Teens about Nature

Teenagers have been removing invasive plants and protecting endangered species around the United States this summer, in a program run by The Nature Conservancy - a non-profit environmental group. Six students are getting their first close-up look at lizards, doing a count of the creatures for an environmental census.  Some of these species are threatened by their changing habitat.  Yulissa Arevalo, 17, is learning a lot. “I used to just go on hikes and look at lizards and...

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