June 2023 – Ranger Ramblings

This spider is the goldenrod crab spider, or more generally, the flower (crab) spider. It is most commonly found hunting in flowers.

On Thursday August 8th, the Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center team had an incredible staff retreat at the Mountain Campus!

August 21-24 marked the return of the Outdoor Explorations Program to the NWDC River Campus for the 2023-2024 school year.

On the last day of camp, the campers had the honor of moving five baby owls and one adult owl to the flight cage…

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

We observed many trees that had been chewed and knocked over, and with the recent snow even some beaver track!