Teachers may sign up for 5th grade 2017 Winter Trek Conservation Education
Submitted by paula on Tue, 12/06/2016 - 3:37pm
Fifth-grade teachers may reserve a spot for the 2017 Winter Trek Conservation Education program starting Monday, December 12. This program, offered by the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, is led by USFS rangers and community volunteers and gives students an outdoor winter ecology learning experience that takes place on snowshoes.
To save a spot, teachers may call the Forest Supervisor’s office at 530-543-2600, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Winter Trek begins Tuesday, January 10, 2017, and continues through March 30, 2017, weather permitting. Field trips are generally three hours long and are offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
All trips start with a trip up the Heavenly Gondola and include a snowshoe physical education adventure, while learning about fire and forest ecology of the Lake Tahoe Basin, all at 9100 feet.
Winter Trek is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Forest Service, Heavenly Mountain Resort, the Tahoe Heritage Foundation, and the City of South Lake Tahoe’s Explore Tahoe Visitor Center.
For more information, contact Jean Norman by email at jdnorman@fs.fed.us or visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ltbmu/WinterTrek.
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