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BY LYT WOOD
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer
This will, be “Year Thirteen” for the Rappahannock Nature Camp! It is open to boys and girls ages eight to 13.
The Rappahannock Nature Camp is one of ten similar camps initiated by the Piedmont Environmental Council in northern and central Virginia. The Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection is our local co-sponsor.
As in the past five years, ;v,, the camp’s home base will be at Singing Creek, along the Hazel River, two miles west of Route 231. There is a pole bam that serves as shelter for the camp. Other attractions include a frog pond, gardens, hiking trails, proximity to the Shenandoah National Park, a shallow “swimming hole” which the campers construct in the river, and lots of ant lions!
Goals of the camp are: to awaken an interest in our wonderfully beautiful and diverse natural surroundings; to observe living plants and animals in their natural environment; to understand the role of human beings in this shared environment; and to have fun and make new discoveries every day. Daily activities this year will focus on insects, snakes, amphibians, trees, gardens, birds and water life.
Activities are almost all outdoors and will include games and songs, hiking, identifying butterflies and moths, learning to recognize all kinds of snakes, assessing water quality, catching and releasing wild animals, creating a
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