Spring 2013 - Youth Explorer Expeditions
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Lost Valley Hike Expedition
January 1, 2012 and January 19, 2013
New Years Day a great day for a hike in the beautiful Ozark Mountains in the Ponca and Buffalo River Area of Arkansas. A couple of Native Expedition board members with their daughter made the trek to survey for future outdoor field experiences with other youth. This hike provides amazing geology, aquifer education and scenic beauty. On the car ride to the Lost Valley area we witnessed nearly 60 elk in fields near the roadway in Boxley Valley. There were also beautiful trumpeter swans in a wetland area also near the roadway.
Native Expeditions plans to provide programing which will soon make these and other experiences available to local Northwest Arkansas youth through ecosystem and environmental education programming.
New Years Day a great day for a hike in the beautiful Ozark Mountains in the Ponca and Buffalo River Area of Arkansas. A couple of Native Expedition board members with their daughter made the trek to survey for future outdoor field experiences with other youth. This hike provides amazing geology, aquifer education and scenic beauty. On the car ride to the Lost Valley area we witnessed nearly 60 elk in fields near the roadway in Boxley Valley. There were also beautiful trumpeter swans in a wetland area also near the roadway.
Native Expeditions plans to provide programing which will soon make these and other experiences available to local Northwest Arkansas youth through ecosystem and environmental education programming.
Lake Ft. Smith Fall Nature Retreat
October 29th-30th 2011
Ten kids made their way hiking and exploring the Fall scenic beauty collecting leaves and specimens for their hand made nature journal. They got to take a "bump in the night" hike to hear local wildlife sounds to include hoots, grunts and screeches. The daytime provided a chance to think like a Black Bear and how it would survive after hibernation by collecting representative food cards. Their nature journals provided a creative outlet to host their experience and bring the forest back with them.
Ten kids made their way hiking and exploring the Fall scenic beauty collecting leaves and specimens for their hand made nature journal. They got to take a "bump in the night" hike to hear local wildlife sounds to include hoots, grunts and screeches. The daytime provided a chance to think like a Black Bear and how it would survive after hibernation by collecting representative food cards. Their nature journals provided a creative outlet to host their experience and bring the forest back with them.
Charleston and Seabrook Island Cultural and Environmental Expedition
July 21-30, 2011
Ahh the Lowcountry with all of it's rich history from the revolutionary war at Fort Sumter to the historic inns and buildings of Charleston. What a convergence of ecosystems from the riverine to estuarys and coastal barrier islands!
Have you ever been on a shrimp boat, watched dolphins and crabs play in the back water salt marsh? Well this little girl has, it was an amazing day on the ocean. Captain Batson made the journey a learning pleasure. One great lesson was to "swab the deck" and protect the boat from the corrosive salt water, something this kid really enjoyed.
Native Expeditions hopes to provide programing which will soon make these and other experiences available to local Northwest Arkansas youth. This expedition was taken by board members with their daughter to scout locations for a future regional US travel immersion trip.
Ahh the Lowcountry with all of it's rich history from the revolutionary war at Fort Sumter to the historic inns and buildings of Charleston. What a convergence of ecosystems from the riverine to estuarys and coastal barrier islands!
Have you ever been on a shrimp boat, watched dolphins and crabs play in the back water salt marsh? Well this little girl has, it was an amazing day on the ocean. Captain Batson made the journey a learning pleasure. One great lesson was to "swab the deck" and protect the boat from the corrosive salt water, something this kid really enjoyed.
Native Expeditions hopes to provide programing which will soon make these and other experiences available to local Northwest Arkansas youth. This expedition was taken by board members with their daughter to scout locations for a future regional US travel immersion trip.
