Flower Parcourses - PDF Format
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June Flowers - 5.49 MB
July Flowers - 4.16 MB
August/September Flowers - 4.36 MB
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Geology Parcourses
The Parcourse Project
Visitors to the Park in 2006 will see progress toward fulfillment of the Friends’ “Parcourses for the Mind” project, partially funded by a grant from the Lake Champlain Basin Committee and partnered with the NYS Department of Parks and Recreation, the local (Beekmantown) School District and other civic groups, and supported by a corps of volunteers.
Parcourses usually have to do with physical training; the Park’s “parcourses for the mind” will be geared instead to the development of “cognitive muscles.” Walking trails will be laid out highlighting various aspects of the Park’s geological formations, its plant- and animal-life features, its history, and other spotlight themes. Visitors can obtain information about the trails—the themes of which will be flexible and change according to season— through pamphlets available at the Nature Center and in-ground site-markers as well as on this web page. The Friends’ goal is eventually to create a series of interesting and informative walking paths to complement family enjoyment of the Park through information about the Park—specific information that may not be known by the casual visitor and which should enhance the overall visiting experience. The first of these trails will gradually come to realization during the 2006 summer season.
The pamphlets and walking trails can of course be enjoyed without charge by all Park visitors, whether or not members of the Friends (though we hope you may decide to join the Friends organization, and support our effort to broaden the public’s enjoyment of the Park).
The original Lake Champlain Basin Committee grant was written by Board member Mary Simmers, with help from friends and feedback from other Board members. The project will continue developing through 2007…and into the future.
Collecting information, selecting photographic and other visual aids and laying out the trails will be the work of the Friends, the Park staff and a cadre of as-yet unidentified volunteers. Your collaboration as a volunteer would be invaluable, welcome, and sincerely appreciated. Please let us know of your interest through the “contact us” page on this website, or by calling the Park office at (518) 563-0369.