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June 9, 2011

Wolf Creek event scheduled

From Staff Reports

Nature is in full view at Wolf Creek Park this month, from wildflowers to beetles to baby birds leaving their nests.

Area residents are invited to join Bill Hilton Jr., consulting director of New River Birding & Nature Center, on Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. to explore the wonders of West Virginia nature as spring turns to summer.

The free morning field trip will include a bird banding demonstration, nature trail walk, Wolf Creek Park's unique Wetlands Boardwalk, and a migration presentation by Lynn Pollard.

A few binoculars are available or bring your own, and don’t forget your camera.

Second Saturday events are free and open to the public throughout the year. “It is our intention to share this exceptional programming with the community,” a park representative said in a press release.

The park also recently hosted several school children for some special programming.

Students from two local schools celebrated American Wetlands Month in May with field trips to Wolf Creek Park’s New River Birding & Nature Center outdoor classroom. The field trips treated 120 junior high to up-close looks at the dynamics of wetlands that are vital to wildlife and people. Many of the students were in the woods for the first time.

Guided nature walks were presented by Rachel Davis, Paul Shaw, and Geoff Heeter; Bill Hilton Jr., consulting director of the center, spoke on Bird Migration and Banding; Kim Maxwell of the Department of Environmental Protection presented a session on Watershed Education; and Lisa Wilson, Kathy Oney, David Thompson, Jesse Purvis of the National Park Service taught the students about Water Quality and Testing.

Wolf Creek Park is located on WV-16 near Appalachian Drive, adjacent to US-19. Enter Wolf Creek Park on Nick Rahall Greenway; pass Bridge Brew Works, the steel building on the left; turn left down the graveled road to the NRBNC site, parking on the left side along the graveled road.

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