September 2023 – Ranger Ramblings

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

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

Turkey vultures—gross but loveable creatures—have returned from their annual migration south for the winter!

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

After two days of single digit and sub-zero temperatures, a dedicated group of birding enthusiasts got outside on December 24th.

After we fed and monitored the little owlets for a few days, we moved them out to their new and temporary home.