January 2024 – Ranger Ramblings

This fall, our Earth Studies students got to see incredible biodiversity firsthand on their first trip of the year to visit us!

Often wheel-like or cylindrical “snowballs” are formed naturally as chunks of snow roll down hill picking up further snow along the way.

For local owl enthusiast Olivia Abeyta-Maestas, who had donned an owl-themed hat for the evening, it was an unforgettable moment.

A highlight of the past month for me was hiking with a group of kids from the Boys and Girls Club to the top of Lookout Point.

It sometimes takes awhile for students to realize the human impacts on the river, such as personal use and growing crops.

We participated in a silent hike, an egg dissection, and an egg experiment (pictured above), which was my favorite activity of the day.