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ne kjus mso enjoyeu meir guesi lecturers from Shenandoah National Park and their animal assistants -- a blacksnake, an owl, a hawk, and a peregrine falcon. “I used to think snakes were all slimy and gross, but now that I’ve touched one, I know they’re not,” said Sarah Gentry.
And seeing the animals imprinted information about them on the minds of the kids in a way that a dry classroom lecture never could. “A peregrine falcon can go 200 miles an hour. That’s faster than any other animal,” announced Ellie Coon, delivering the falcon report and then returning to her work of reassmbling the bones of a mouse.
Certainly, the nature camp was fun. But just as certainly, the youngsters gained an appreciation and understanding of the environment. If they preserve the two weeks at Rock Mills in their memories, they may do something as adults to preserve the natural world around them.
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