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ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility

ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility. Ranger Julie Whitbeck Ranger Stacy Lafayette. 1 st Aid Kit Available. Mr. Richie Leonhard Palmetto/VC Trail. Ms. Crissy Giacona Bayou Coquille Trail. 7 – 4 Student Monitoring Parties

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ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility

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  1. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility Ranger Julie Whitbeck Ranger Stacy Lafayette 1st Aid Kit Available Mr. Richie Leonhard Palmetto/VC Trail Ms. Crissy Giacona Bayou Coquille Trail 7 – 4 Student Monitoring Parties 8. Live Oaks 9. Red Maples 10. Max Myrtles 11. Swamp Iris 12. Hackberries 13. Bull Tongues 14. Black Willows 7 – 4 Student Monitoring Parties American Alligators River Otters Whitetail Deer Muskrats Mosquitos Speckled King Snake Alligator Snapping Turtles • Monitoring Party • Party Chief • Assist. Party Chief • 1-3 Surveyors • Monitor (Adult) • 1- Monitoring Teams

  2. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility

  3. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility Bayou Coquille Trail Visitor Center Marsh Platform Palmetto/VC Trail

  4. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility Monitoring Area

  5. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility • 3. Safety • PREPARATION • Weather • Buddy System • SITE CONDITIONS • Slips, Trips & Falls (footing) • Plants • Animals • Strangers (public) • --- Stay on Designated Trails--- • INCIDENTS • Stay Calm • Notify Your Adult Team Leader • 1st Aid Kits: Rangers, Ms. Crissy & Mr. Richie • Only you will be responsible for your own safety!

  6. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility Trail Conditions Slips, Trips & Falls

  7. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility Poison Ivy ‘Leaves of Three (3) Let it Be’ How do you get poison ivy? - By coming in contact with the plant’s oils. - By breathing smoke from fire that is burning poison ivy. How to treat poison ivy? - Within the 1st hour rinse with lots of cold water. - Do Not use warm water, that will open pours. - Do not shower, or shower in cold water & cautiously. - Up to 6 hours, alcohol may remove the oils. - Lotions may assist with itching

  8. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility Poisonous Snakes Coral Cottonmouth Copperhead Rattlesnake

  9. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility Wildlife Encounters Boars Coyotes Alligator Armadillo Raccoons

  10. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility

  11. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility Ranger Julie Whitbeck Ranger Stacy Lafayette 1st Aid Kit Available Mr. Richie Leonhard Palmetto/VC Trail Ms. Crissy Giacona Bayou Coquille Trail 7 – 4 Student Monitoring Parties 8. Live Oaks 9. Red Maples 10. Max Myrtles 11. Swamp Iris 12. Hackberries 13. Bull Tongues 14. Willows 7 – 4 Student Monitoring Parties American Alligators River Otters White Deer Muskrats Mosquitos Speckled King Snake Alligator Snapping Turtles • Monitoring Party • Party Chief • Assist. Party Chief • 1-3 Surveyors • Monitor (Adult) • 1- • 4. Team Assembly

  12. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility

  13. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility

  14. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility • 6. Logistics & Order of the Day

  15. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility • SIDE NOTES • Possible Programs/Outings • * BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS - Chalmette Battle Field • (Sat., Jan. 12th) • 0 Ursuline Convent Tour & Mass • o Reenactment (no charge) • 0 Camp Lantern Tour ($6/person- $10 w/bus) • Options: • 1. Reenactment &/or Lantern Tour (only) • 2. Ursuline Convent & Lantern Tour • 3. Convent Tour, Mass (St. Louis Cathedral) & Lantern Tour

  16. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility • SIDE NOTES • Possible Programs/Outings • * Spring SMA Campout - “Camping Essentials” - “Bats in the Hood” - “Music Heritage”, Artist to be Announced • * US FWS, Big Branch Marsh Refuge “Work/Playday” • (Sat., Jan 12th or Sat., Feb 2nd) • * US FWS, Bayou Sauvage NWR - “Refugology” • (Week following Mardi Gras, Feb. 13th – 15th) • * LaBranch Wetlands-Spring Canoe Trek (Spring 2013)

  17. ECO: Discovery through Participation Our Heritage, Our Responsibility • 7. Next Meetings • Tues, Dec. 11th @ 6 PM • NPS Training (MBC & Field) • Sat. Dec. 15th @ 8 AM - Departure • Field Exercise (Park) • (Return: 2:30 PM) • Please be Courtesy • Please be Punctual

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