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<\/a><\/p>\nJoin Fulbright Scholar and retired NPS Park Ranger Nancy Muleady-Mecham, Ph.D. for this unique opportunity to learn so much about this very special place.<\/p>\n
Date:<\/strong> Saturday June 3 FREE SCHEDULE<\/strong> Arnold, CA…Here is your chance to immerse yourself in the Natural History of the Sierra Nevada at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Join Doc Nancy for a day of in-depth nature exploration. In addition to topic presentation, walks and demonstrations, attendees will learn interpretive techniques as well. All walks are classed as \u201ceasy,\u201d with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":27188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advertising","category-arnold","category-featured","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stateparks.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLocation: Calaveras Big Trees State Park
\nParticipants: Age range of participants: 13 and older
\nCost:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n9-9:45Introduction to Birds (Education Center next to Visitor Center) \u2013 bring binoculars
\n1000-1200 Giant Sequoias and the Mixed Conifer Forest (Hike the North Grove Trail)
\n1200-1245 Lunch (BYO)
\n1245- 1330 Geology (Amphitheater below Visitor Center)
\n1330-1350 Break
\n1350-1515 Animal Adaptations (Visitor Center Museum or Amphitheater)
\n1530-1700 Native Plants of the Sierra Nevada (Meet at Education Building & walk to the meadow)
\n2030 The Night Sky \u2013 Special Moon Night Talk (Meet at the Overlook \u2013 carpooling suggested)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"