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LOWER LAKE – Ten teenagers from Lower Lake High School and Carle Continuation High School spent three hours on Saturday, Nov. 14, training to become group leaders for nature walks and ranch house tours at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park.
Students who attended the training Saturday included Hallie Sullivan, Michelle La Rue, Aldo Rodriguez, Sarah Bye, Jonathan Duncan, Sheila Smires, Phoenix King, Shelby Saldana, Cierrah Tripp and Eduardo Pineda. Adults at the training included Tova Fry, Rory Sullivan and Carolynn Jarrett.
Adult volunteers from the Children's Museum of Art and Science (CMAS) and the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association (AMIA) presented the training.
Billy Gear, an official state park docent and CMAS member, began the morning by telling the students about the importance of the next generation being good stewards of this incredible natural and cultural resource.
Students received handouts explaining the history of the ranch house and a descriptions of the various trails at the park.
The group followed the Cache Creek trail to the end of the boardwalk, noting wild animal scat, different birds both seen and heard, two types of oaks, characteristics of riparian and grassland habitat, tules and other native and non-native plants.
AMIA Secretary Gae Henry led the tour of the ranch house explaining to students how the house was built in three stages. Students were amazed to learn that all 10 of Grigsby's children (the original owner) slept in one bedroom upstairs.
CMAS and AMIA plan to offer two camps for fourth to sixth graders in May and October of 2010, and will be working with these teens to be group leaders at those camps.
