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76 New Junior Rangers

5/9/2023

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Picture of Friends members Peg Hall and Ron Kamzelski getting ready before the students arrive
Friends members Peg Hall and Ron Kamzelski getting ready before the students arrive
Picture of A group of the students and volunteers at the Clean Water Matters Station on the fishing pier
A group of the students and volunteers at the Clean Water Matters Station on the fishing pier
On Thursday, May 4, 76 4th graders from Old Town poured off their two school buses into the parking lot at Shell Mound ready for adventure.
Over the next several hours, they completed five Learning Stations at Shell Mound:
  • Marine Mammal Rescue
  • Clean Water Matters
  • Native Peoples of Shell Mound
  • Doing Citizen Science, and
  • Puzzles and Imagination at the Refuge
Along the way, they finished the requisite number of exercises in their workbooks.
Picture of Archaeology graduate students showing artifacts to the students
Archaeology graduate students show artifacts to the students
Picture of Refuge Forester Daniel Barrand working with the students on a citizen science project
Refuge Forester Daniel Barrand working with the students on a citizen science project
Six teachers and volunteers from the school, two bus drivers, four members of the Refuge staff, two archaeology graduate students, two Marine Animal Stranding and Rescue biologists, and 13 additional Friends' volunteers worked with the students to help them get to know the Refuge.

Having endured hours of abundant no-seeums and having met all the requirements, the students were sworn in by Deputy Refuge Manager John Stark as Lower Suwannee Refuge Junior Rangers and given their badges by Refuge Forester Daniel Barrand, Refuge Engineering Equipment Operators Jason Coates and George Pelt, and the other volunteers.
Picture of Friends member Jay Bushnell working with the students at the Puzzles and Imagination Station
Friends member Jay Bushnell working with the students at the Puzzles and Imagination Station
Picture of Marine Mammal Stranding and  Rescue biologists working with the students at their Station
Biologists and students at the Marine Mammal Stranding and Rescue Station
Providing the needed workbooks for this and another possible Junior Ranger Day in June was at the top of Friends Wish List in April. Thanks to Friends member John Douglass for fulfilling our big wish.
Picture of the workbook open to the citizen science grid page
Picture of the cover of the workbook in a student's hands
Picture of Students and teachers at the swearing-in gathering at the Shell Mound parking area
Students and teachers at the swearing-in gathering at the Shell Mound parking area
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Brad Wiley
5/18/2023 08:23:51 am

What a great program, thanks to the friends for all their efforts! Brad

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Peg
5/18/2023 01:00:15 pm

Thanks, Brad. The push behind the effort to reach this group of young people was strongly championed by our Immediate Past President Debbie Meeks and the students' teacher. Lots of folks were involved, but it takes a couple of enthusiastic people to get us all moving in the same direction. I think everyone involved had a great day.

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Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges
P. O. Box 532
Cedar Key, FL 32625
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