Gallery

“Take me to a quiet place with earth under our backs, cradled in a forest glade. There we will see and acknowledge those things we do not. In solitude we take in the wisdom offered in each other and take in the hum of the forest.”  Phoebe Wahl 

A second grade student holds a wood cookie up to the morning light during the Rings of Life activity

Crouching in the grasslands, a grinning student finishes the Sit Spot activity

A brief break along the cool creek during a guided walk

Roslyn, a team member,  teaches students that each ring marks a year of growth and thicker rings show flooding periods and thin rings represent droughts.

A drawing of a glowing camas flower and a detailed map from the Super Sound Sensing Map activity

         

Students are thrilled that they are free to draw and write in their journals throughout the day

We love bugs! 

      

Pill bugs, also known as roly pollies, captivate the kids who delicately pick them up and watch them unfold

      

Another proud explorer shows off his journal 

Avoiding poison oak as they truck to the restoration work area 

Kiki Kruse, a member of the 2015 team, talks with a student about her journal

Jumping for joy after spotting a wild rabbit resting off the path

Students watch a banana slug slide through the bark of a Douglas-fir tree

A Pacific sideband snail (we still love bugs!)

Well, one student may not be thrilled about the banana slug…

      

But she absolutely loves exploring Mount Pisgah with ELP!

Listening closely as a leader explains the history of the area

Taking a break to journal and gaze up at the sky

      

Intently observing the details of a Douglas fir tree 

Beyond the branches, students build ‘habitat hotels’ for insects of the Douglas fir forest