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  • Wilderness Nature Trails
  • Gravel lined Nature Trails
  • Paved Nature Trails
Choosing A Route for Safety
Choosing a Route for Content
  • Sites relevant to school curriculum. Explore and discover what is out there.
  • A site for each habitat you pass through.
  • Significant animal life on your trail.
  • Animal signs.
  • Forest processes to note (i.e. decomposition, photosynthesis, etc.).
  • Historic and economic points of interest.
  • Traditional and medicinal uses of wild plants.
  • Rare and endangered plants.
  • Educational concepts:
    • Food Webs
    • Keystone Species
    • Life cycles
Educational Concepts to be Introduced Along the Trail
Mapping Your Nature Trail
Nature Trail Mapping Tools
  • Plants and Landmarks
  • Trees
Interpretive Signs For The Trail
Trail Etiquette
Identifying Species on Your Nature Trail (click below for printable .pdf fliers)
 

 

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