SATURDAY CONTINUES
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| 11. Sharing their reflections, which are typed and set up in packets for each student. Copies will be available at the convention. |
| 12. Lunch at the Taylor Creek trailhead. Lots of food…make your own sandwiches |
| 13. Students learn from Ranger Jean Norman, Information Assistant, LTBMU, about the flow of the small streams and their effect on waterfowl, fish, different types of growth and local small and large animals. Beavers break down trees to build dams which are quickly removed by the Forest Service because they impede the spawning fish and the flow of water to other wildlife areas. The beavers will not use the same tree again, so the cycle continues. |
| 14. What affect does this tree that came down during a flood, have on the water flow. What kind of creatures live in the tree? After this hike the student travel to the Lake Pyramid trailhead. They climb the granite mountain and learn about the protected wilderness area, and view Horsetail Falls. |
| 15. Star gazing through the small telescope. Once it is totally dark the professional telescope with be set up and monitored by Sly Park staff |
| 16. More classroom time, including a video about environmentalists Pichon and Muir, and their different ideas of how to protect the forest land. |
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Please use the links below to enjoy our “Pictorial Story of YEC 2004” |
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