Hatch River Expeditions Steps UpWhen Shuttered Government Lets 7th Grade Class Down When October’s government shutdown prevented students in North Carolina from meeting with a ranger at Grand Canyon National Park for their class project on climate change, an employee for rafting company Hatch River Expeditions stepped in to help. Amanda Clapp, seventh grade science teacher at The Catamount School in North Carolina wanted her students to explore the importance of America’s National Parks through a