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Every Saturday Walks
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The Land Trust offers weekly Saturday walks at our Rodman
Preserve. Walks start at 8 a.m., June through August, and 9:00 a.m.,
September through May. Meet at the Nature Center at the
Preserve on Westlake Road and the Nice-Lucerne Cut-off. No dogs
please. Heavy rain will cancel. Call Roberta Lyons at (707) 994-2024
or Gaye Allen at (707) 928-4590 for information.
Directions to the Rodman Preserve
and Nature Education Center
The Rodman
Preserve and Nature Education Center is located at 6350
Westlake Rd. Upper Lake, 95485. Take the Nice-Lucerne Cut-off
off of Highway 29, between Lakeport and Upper Lake. Turn east
onto the Nice-Lucerne Cut-off, then left on to Westlake Road.
The preserve entry is to the immediate right after turning on
to Westlake. The preserve is owned and operated by the Lake
County Land Trust and this is the area where walks and events
are held. The Rodman Slough Park, further down the
Nice-Lucerne Cut-off near the bridge that goes over Rodman
Slough, is the County Park.
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This group takes a break at one of the viewing areas
at the Rodman Preserve during a Saturday
winter field trip.
An adult Western Bluebird feeds its two young,
shortly before the birds fledged. The birds nested in
one of the many bird houses that have been erected
at the Rodman Preserve.
Bluebird boxes put to good use
Numerous bird houses have been erected at the Lake County Land
Trust’s Rodman Preserve. The houses have proven to be a
big attraction to the many Western Bluebirds that inhabit the
area, as well as Tree Swallows and some flycatchers.
Board member, and nature photographer, Brad Barnwell, was able
to photograph the adult bluebirds feeding the babies, not long
before the baby bluebirds actually fledged, or left the box.
For more nature photos at Rodman,
go to Rodman News and Nature.
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The
Lake County Land Trust, based in Lake County, California, is a
local, 501 (c) (3) charitable nonprofit organization (Federal ID No.
68-0332712) directly involved in protecting important land
resources. These include: wetlands, wildlife habitats, parks,
forests, watersheds, riparian stream corridors, lakeside areas, and
trails. The trust is also concerned with property that has unique
scenic, cultural, agricultural, educational, or historical value.
(Website photos courtesy
of Brad Barnwell, Roberta Lyons,
Jeannette Knight, and Barbara Bridges)
Youth
Nature Education Program
will Take the Winter Off
The “Rodman Explorers,” youth nature education program at our Rodman
Preserve Nature Education Center will start again in April, 2012.
The program is free and open to all youth age 7-12.
This free program started in June, 2011 and because of conditions at
the preserve during the winter, it has been decided to create a
program that runs from April through November, instead of year
around.
Elaine Mansell helps
Oran Cole at the inaugural
Children's Nature Education program at the Rodman Preserve Nature
Center.
For more information, please go to the
Special Events page.
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Pete McGee, President of the Lake County Land Trust
and Roberta Lyons, board member, (right) present Elaine
Mansell with the Lake County Land Trust's "Supporter of
the Year" award for Elaine's work on creating and
implementing the "Rodman Explorers," children's nature
education program at the Rodman Preserve. The award
was presented at the Trust's annual dinner held on Oct.8. |
Lake
County Land Trust
PO
Box 711; Lower Lake, CA 95457
Phone: 707 262-0707
E-mail:
lclt@lakecountylandtrust.org
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