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LAKE COUNTY – Join park docent Glenn Smith on Oct. 2 for an 8:30 a.m. walk in Clear Lake State Park, 5300 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.
Walkers should meet at the visitor center ramp. There is no entrance fee to the park for participating in walks. All ages are welcome.
Smith, who has enjoyed the area for many years, will share his enthusiasm with you as he shows you the park is never static.
The redbud bushes, rich with flowers in spring, now exhibit mature burgundy seedpods that will remain until next year. Tawny grasses wave seeded stems in the breeze.
Because of higher water in Kelsey Slough this year, many tules thrive on its shoreline. Although this sedge has been very important to Clear Lake for centuries as an erosion controller, an enabler for other plants and nursery for fish, over 80 percent of the tules have been removed from the lake shoreline.
Native Americans also found many uses including tying bundles of tules together to make boats as well as eating the edible rhizomes. Clear Lake State Park is a good place to view this tall green-stemmed plant with grasslike leaves and pale brownish flowers.
The park is home to both “native” and “non-native” plants. Some of the non-native Himalayan blackberry was recently removed to open space for native plants.
As Smith would attest, volunteering with Clear Lake State Park presents many opportunities for individuals to use and expand their interests in the natural world and join in the learning experience provided by park leaders. It opens doors to being a walk leader, visitor center tour guide, gift shop assistant, and preparing and presenting programs for children and adults.
Writing, artistic and computer skills are helpful as well. It is also a chance to host people from all over the world and tell them about wonderful Lake County.
To learn about joining the next group of volunteers in training, please leave your name and contact information for Val Nixon at 707-279-2267.
Visit www.clearlakestatepark.org for great photos, activity schedule and park information provided by Clear Lake State Park Interpretive Association.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – This Thursday, Sept. 23, there will be an opportunity to find out about Scouting at the Lakeport Fire Department at 445 N. Main St. between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Boys and their parents can learn about Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from the Leaders and Boy Scouts of Troop 42.
Membership applications will be available for both youths and adults.
Scouting is a great opportunity for boys and young men to learn how to become leaders.
The adventure starts with Cub Scouting, a family program designed for boys in the first through fifth grades, or 7 to 10 years of age.
The program emphasizes shared leadership, learning about the community, family understanding, character development, citizenship training and personal fitness.
Boy Scouting is for boys who are 11 (or are at least 10 years old and have completed the fifth grade or have earned the Cub Scout Arrow of Light Award) through 17 years old.
Boys experience a vigorous outdoor program and peer group leadership with counsel of an adult Scoutmaster to achieve the BSA’s objectives of developing character, citizenship, and personal fitness. Camping, fun, with friends and more.
Boys grow up fast. Give your son a valuable gift by encouraging him to join Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts. The time you invest in him today will make a difference in the person he becomes tomorrow.
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Both musicians are well known and have been playing together for years, as each worked for local state parks.
Nixon served as park ranger at Anderson Marsh State Park and Kauffman as superintendent of parks for both Anderson Marsh and Clear Lake State Park.
Proceeds from the dinner support the Land Trust’s preservation of Lake County’s beautiful places, as well as operate Rodman Slough Preserve and Nature Education Center on Clear Lake’s Northshore.
This event is open by reservation only. Tickets are $60 per person and include local wines, dinner by Ciao Thyme Catering, silent auction, and presentation by Peter Windrem, a local attorney and long-time Lake County resident, on “Chi and the Lake County Land Trust – A Fish Story.”
Outstanding land trust volunteers will also be recognized.
Tickets can be purchased before October 1 by calling 707-262-0707 or emailing
Lake County Land Trust is a nonprofit, 501(c)3, volunteer group working cooperatively with landowners, private groups and governmental agencies to protect important local land resources including lakeside areas, wetlands, wildlife habitats, parks, forests, watersheds, riparian stream corridors, and trails.
For more information, see www.lakecountylandtrust.org. Follow Lake County Land Trust on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Lower-Lake-CA/Lake-County-Land-Trust/137282176534?ref=ts&__a=10& and Twitter at http://twitter.com/lclandtrust.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Taylor Observatory will hold a public lecture and astronomical viewing on Saturday, Oct. 9.
From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. join observatory staffer John Zimmerman for “Telescopes: Tiny Windows on a Big Universe.”
Zimmerman will review telescope history, types, advantages and disadvantages.
The evening event includes a lecture, a planetarium show and telescope viewing.
The suggested donation is $3 per person.
The Taylor Observatory is located at 5725 Oak Hills Lane, Kelseyville.
For more information visit www.taylorobservatory.org or call 707-262-4121.