Friday, April 16, 2010

EVENT: Fenner Nature Center Outreach Activity




Outreach Experience: Giving short talks and demonstrations to the public that come by the center.

When: This Sunday April 18th from 12-4

Where: Fenner Nature Center (just down the road from MSU)
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There are 4 activities listed below and you can participate in as many as you would like! Supplies will be provided at the center. People that are already signed up are here as well.

12:30 Aquatic Sampling: We will be in waders, sampling for fish and macro-invertebrates. This is just demonstrating to people some sampling techniques and showing them what creatures we find! People signed up already:

Allyson Hughes
Ali David
Kristen Thelen

2:00 Herps: We will be taking a walk with people and looking for herps! People signed up already:
Marie Stevenson
Craig Sherwood
Dan Myers
Colleen Bumford

2:30 Tree IDing: Taking a walk with people and showing them how to identify some trees! People Signed Up:

Alyson Pierce (from the Forestry Club!)
Dan Myers

3:00 Birding - Helping people identify birds! People already signed up:

Angie Lane
Kristen Thelen
Marco Sanchez


**If you aren't signed up or don't feel too confident in leading anything above, please come out anyways!!! You can learn a thing or two yourself! (hah, none of us are experts anyways..) If you are going to need a ride, please contact Marco at 517-648-3087 or at our email at msufwclub@gmail.com. We will be traveling back and forth to pick up/drop off anyone who needs it!
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” -Aldo Leopold