Participants will use a Townsend location as headquarters for this exciting quest of learning. Each day will begin with a hike to an intriguing and different area of the park. After relaxation and dinner, evenings will include wildlife viewing with spotting scopes, after-dark spotlighting deer counts or informative presentations and discussions of natural history. Outstanding audiovisual presentations will be augmented by show and tell items and informative handouts. Meeting place and lodging facility will be noted in participant packet.
Lodging is available at additional cost.
Lectures and classroom exercises will emphasize the advanced aspects of map reading, using an orienteering compass, declination, route projection, and improvisation. Practical field exercises will enable you to learn first hand how to navigate from one point to another in the wilderness. Nature's Little Known Creatures Slime molds, despite their name, are not molds or even fungi. They exhibit incredibly diverse forms and colors and are often objects of considerable beauty. Slime molds are classified as either animals or protists and are found roaming logs, leaves, and stumps where they scarf up bacteria.