**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:**

September 3, 2008

Contact: Rick Nolan

\(707\) 465-7304

**REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS**

**Ranger-Guided Activities**

**Friday, September 5 through Friday, September 12**

A full schedule of ranger-guided activities is available through the
summer months at Redwood National and State Parks. The following is the
schedule of activities for the period of Friday, September 5^th^ through
Friday, September 12^th^. For more information on any of these programs,
or for directions to program locations, please call our visitor
information centers at the numbers below:

-   **Crescent City Information Center**: 465-7306

-   **Kuchel Visitor Center:** (Orick): 465-7765

-   **Prairie Creek Visitor Center**: 465-7354

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-   **Jedediah Smith Visitor Center**: 465-2144

-   **Hiouchi Information Center**: 458-3294

**Campfire Programs:** Folks of all ages are welcome to come and enjoy

these evening programs which will take place at Jedediah Smith, Mill
Creek, Gold Bluffs Beach, and Elk Prairie campgrounds. Meet at the
specified campfire centers (1 hour).

**Junior Rangers:** Children ages 7-12 have fun learning about people,
plants, and animals of the redwood region. Programs will begin at the
Jedediah Smith Campground, Mill Creek Campground, or at the Prairie
Creek Visitor Center at the designated times (1 hour).

**Nature Walks:** Meet at the time and place specified below for a
closer look at a special aspect of Redwood

National and State Parks. Wear good hiking shoes, dress for the weather,
and bring drinking water (1 to 2 hours).

**Friday** Junior Rangers:

**September 5** 10:00 A.M. Prairie Creek Visitor Center **Redwood
Bingo**

3:00 P.M. Mill Creek Campground **Water Wonders**

3:00 P.M. Jed Smith Campground **Cubs in the Creek**

Nature Walk:

2:00 P.M. **The Circle of Life**

> Meet at the Simpson Reed Grove.

3:30 P.M. **Redwood National and State Parks: A Last Refuge for**

> **Species on the Brink**
>
> Meet at the Prairie Creek Visitor Center.
>
> Campfire Programs:

8:00 P.M. Elk Prairie Campground **Black Bear Survival**

8:00 [P.M.]{.smallcaps} Mill Creek Campground **Wonders in the
Watershed**

8:00 P.M. Jed Smith Campground **Bear Tales**

**Saturday** Junior Rangers:

**September 6** 10:00 A.M. Prairie Creek Visitor Center **Home Sweet
Habitat**

3:00 P.M. Crescent Beach Picnic Area **Walking with Whales**

3:00 P.M. Jed Smith Campground **"Are We Bear Yet?"**

Nature Walk:

2:00 P.M. **The Redwood Forest: More Than Just Big Redwood Trees**

> Meet at the Lady Bird Johnson trailhead.

2:00 P.M. **Owls and Old Growth**

> Meet at the Simpson Reed Grove.
>
> Campfire Programs:

8:00 P.M. Elk Prairie Campground **Don't Make a Banana Slug Split!**

8:00 [P.M.]{.smallcaps} Mill Creek Campground **The Whale's Journey**

8:00 [P.M.]{.smallcaps} Jed Smith Campground **Bear Necessities**

**Sunday** Junior Rangers:

**September 7** 10:00 A.M. Prairie Creek Visitor Center **Shakes,
Quakes, and Big Waves**

> **11:00 [a]{.smallcaps}.[m. -- 4:00 p.m.]{.smallcaps} Mill Creek
> Watershed Auto Tour**
>
> Follow along on a ranger-led expedition into the farthest reaches of
> the newest part of the park. Call 465-7398 *for more information.*

Nature Walk:

2:00 P.M. **The Secret Lives of Trees**

> Meet at the Stout Grove parking lot.

3:30 P.M. **Rugged Reconnaissance: European Exploration of the Redwood
Coast**

> Meet at the Prairie Creek Visitor Center.

Campfire Programs:

8:00 P.M. Elk Prairie Campground **California's Wildly Fascinating
Fires:**

> **From Natural Disaster to Natural Tool**

**Monday** Nature Walk:

**September 8** 2:00 P.M. **Lady Bird's Legacy**

> Meet at the Lady Bird Johnson trailhead .

2:00 P.M. **The Web**

> Meet at the Simpson Reed Grove.

Campfire Programs:

8:00 P.M. Elk Prairie Campground **The Farm That Wasn't**

**Tuesday** Junior Rangers:

**September 9** 3:00 P.M. Mill Creek Campground **Be a Junior
Geologist**

Nature Walk:

3:30 P.M. **Dry Headbones: A Foray into California's Elk**

> Meet at the Prairie Creek Visitor Center.

Campfire Programs:

8:00 P.M. Elk Prairie Campground **Discover the Dark Side of the Redwood
Forest**

8:00 [P.M.]{.smallcaps} Mill Creek Campground **Redwoods on the Rocks**

**Wednesday** Junior Rangers:

**September 10** 10:30 A.M. Mill Creek Campground **Creatures of the
Creek**

Nature Walk:

2:00 P.M. **The Redwood Forest: More Than Just Redwood Trees**

> Meet at the Lady Bird Johnson trailhead.

2:00 P.M. **Owls and Old Growth**

> Meet at the Simpson Reed Grove.

**Thursday** Junior Rangers:

**September 11** 3:00 P.M. Jed Smith Campground **Hide and Seek**

Nature Walk:

2:00 P.M. **Do Fish Grow on Trees?**

> Meet at the Mill Creek trailhead (west end of Howland Hill road)

3:30 P.M. **The Yurok, Homesteaders, and the Roosevelt Boys:**

> **A Brief History of Elk Prairie**
>
> Meet at the Prairie Creek Visitor Center.
>
> Campfire Programs:

8:00 [P.M.]{.smallcaps} Jed Smith Campground **Dark Shadows**

**Friday** Junior Rangers:

**September 12** 10:00 A.M. Prairie Creek Visitor Center **Redwood
Bingo**

3:00 P.M. Mill Creek Campground **Water Wonders**

3:00 P.M. Jed Smith Campground **Cubs in the Creek**

Nature Walk:

2:00 P.M. **From Soil to Sky: Living it Up in the Redwood Forest**

> Meet at the Lady Bird Johnson trailhead.

2:00 P.M. **Children of the Giants: Life in the Understory**

> Meet at the Leiffer Trail off Walker Road.
>
> Campfire Programs:

8:00 P.M. Elk Prairie Campground **Wave of the Future**

8:00 [P.M.]{.smallcaps} Mill Creek Campground **Wonders in the
Watershed**

8:00 P.M. Jed Smith Campground **Bear Tales**

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