June 10th Little Waders and Streamside Detectives hosted by FSPW

06/10/12 Sunday	E	Little Waders and Streamside Detectives	Mindy Ferrell
Little Waders: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For kids ages 5 – 8. Kids will explore the shoreline along the Clark Fork River for bugs and other critters. Each participant will need to bring a day pack, water bottle, and extra shoes or sandals that can get wet. Parents are asked to join in the fun and help supervise their little ones. Streamside Detectives: 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. For kids ages 9 – 11. This camp will explore both still and moving water and search out what makes each environment so special. Detectives will take samples and explore the water’s edge of both a slough alongside the Clark Fork River, and the more speedy waters of Pilgrim Creek. Participants are asked to bring a day pack, a water bottle, notebook and pencil, and shoes that can get wet. Contact Mindy Ferrell at mferrell_9874@yahoo.com Contact: Mindy Ferrell    mferrell_9874@yahoo.com

This looks like a great opportunity for little ones and medium sized ones to explore at the waters edge.  Please contact Mindy Ferrel if you are interested.  More information about the FPSW can be found on their website.

Infographic on Nature & Kids

Thanks to the National Environmental Education Foundation for creating and sharing this.

Catching Pictures of Wolverines (and other large forest carnivores)

This winter Chris Bachman and a number of students from his children's school adopted two remote monitoring stations in the western cabinet mountains.  This was part of a Boise Zoo grant given to the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness to track the presence of wolverines.  Chris and his volunteer helpers had to hike into the designated areas and set up the bait station that included a frozen beaver as bait and a remote monitor camera that took pictures night and day when ever there was motion in front of the camera lens.

Here is Chris with some of his crew at one of their bait stations.  Above their head is the rear section of a beaver wired to a tree as bait.

More cheerful helpers celebrating their success.  It's not every day that you get to help with field research of an endangered species.

All their hard work lead to the Friends of the Scotchman Peak Wilderness honoring Chris and his crew with their coveted volunteer of the season award.

Here is a sample of what is often found on the remote camera's memory card.

Saturday Hike to the East/West Ponds & Frog Chorus

We are meeting at 2:00 on saturday afternoon (5/5) to hike from Camp Caro up to the ponds.  Usually this time of year the ponds are alive with the songs of frogs.  Let's go investigate.  The trailhead can be found at 400 S. Sargent Road, Spokane 99212.