The State Environmental Protection Inspectors of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Spassky Nature Sanctuary gave an open environmental lesson devoted to the Year of Specially Protected Natural Reservations of the Republic of Tatarstan to the pupils of the 9-11 grades of the Chuvashsko-Burnaevskaya Secondary School of the Alkeevsky District. During the lesson, the sanctuary experts told the children about the flora and fauna of the Republic of Tatarstan. The aim of the lesson was the cultivation in the younger generation of the respect to the natural heritage, and the formation of the environmental culture and active life position in relation to environmental issues. As part of the environmental lesson the winners of the “March of Parks 2016” campaign were awarded diplomas and prizes of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan.