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Strouds Run Nature Hikes
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Strouds Run State Park boathouse
Contact: John Knouse
Phone: 740-707-9060
Aug 23 2009
The Friends of Strouds Run, a nonprofit organization that supports our local
state park, wishes to announce a series of nature hikes to be given this
spring and summer. The hikes will be once a month, usually on the last
Sunday, and are free and open to all.
Participants should meet at 1:00 pm on
the scheduled Sunday at the new boathouse (concession stand) near the boat
ramp at the park.
The first outing will be about the geology of Strouds
Run State Park. The leader of this event, John Knouse, will discuss the
environmental geology, environmental geography, stratigraphy and economic
geology of the park. A geology pamphlet will be provided to each
participant.
The April hike, on April 26, will be for spring
wildflowers.
The May hike, on May 24, will look at invasive exotic
plants.
The June hike will be about ferns, fern allies and lycopods on
June 28.
The July hike will be on July 26, on woody plants (trees,
shrubs, and vines).
In August, the hike will feature summer wildflowers,
on August 23.