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| INTERPRETIVE PROGRAM Calendar of Events 2008 DeSoto State Park teams with JSU Field School to bring you a series of interpretive programs, hikes, and workshops intended to educate the public about all things nature.... DeSoto's Campfire Programs & Hikes are free to the public. |
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| Campfire Programs Will Be located at the Big CCC Pavilion in the Picnic Area. (across the street from the Country Store and Nature Center)
In case of bad weather they Will Be located at the Nature Center. Programs last 1 hour unless otherwise noted.
WILDFLOWER PHOTO GALLERY NATURE CENTER PHOTO GALLERY See Little River Canyon National Preserve for more weekend events and programs. For info on any programs: Contact: Brittney Hughes 256.997.5025 Brittney.Hughes@dcnr.alabama.gov May
Saturday & Sunday May 10th & 11th Indian Artifact Show In DeSoto State Park's Nature Center (Next to the Country Store) See Native American artifacts from all over Alabama in this special display. Saturday-9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday-9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. No fee.
Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Murdock's Hidden Trails & Extreme Hike Join
Dr. Chris Murdock, JSU Biologist and Little River native for this EXTREME experience on
hidden trails to the river; moderate to difficult trails in some areas; opportunities to
swim in Little River (dress for getting wet). Not recommended for children under the age
of 16 years. $10 per person; Be sure to register for this hike.
Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:00-9:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Fishes of Little River Join JSU biologist Mark Meade to learn more about what is lurking underneath Alabama's streams and rivers! No fee.
May 16, 17, 18, 2008 Mentone Rhododendron Festival A bonfire and storytelling always get this event off to a good start! Live music, arts & crafts, Food venders, and much more round out this fun weekend. http://www.tourdekalb.com/Calendar.htm Call: 256-997-9051 for more info.
Friday, May 16, 2008 8:00-9:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Leave No Trace for Children Join DeSoto State Park Ranger Josh Hughes to learn how to be gentle when hiking and camping in natural areas. No fee.
Saturday, May 17, 2008 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon DeSoto's CCC Pavilion Edible & Interesting Plants Workshop for Children This workshop is designed for children that are naturally curious about nature. Join DeSoto's naturalist Brittney Hughes for this fun & interesting program on the nature of plants. Demonstrations & an easy hike. No fee. Call 256.845.0051 or email desotostpk@mindspring.com for more info.
Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:00p.m. CCC Pavilion Useful and Edible Plants for Children Plants provide many things; oxygen, food, and even shelter. Join Park Naturalist Brittney M. Hughes to learn about certain plants in nature that have some very interesting uses even in today's world. No fee.
May 23rd & 24th 7:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Introduction to Musical Instruments in Story & Song Join musician Tony Thomas for this interesting program introducing acoustic instruments such as the fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and banjo by using stories & songs to give you a appreciation for each instrument. No fee/Bring your instrument if you wish!
Saturday, May 24, 2008 9:00 a.m. Meet at Nature Center Herb Lore of Appalachia-Mountain Medicine
Join herbalist Darryl Patton for a hike on the trails of DeSoto State Park to see many different species of plants that were used for mountain medicine in the past and are used in modern medicine today... No fee
May 30th & 31st 8:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Herbal Remedies for the Home Join herbalist Darryl Patton to learn which plants are great to have
around the house to help make you and your family healthier. No fee.
Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:00 a.m. Meet at Nature Center Hike the Medicinal Trail - Herbal remedies used by the pioneers
June Friday, June 6,
2008 8:00-9:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Medicinal Plants of
Little River Join botanist Francine Hutchinson for a presentation of local healing herbs, and learn how to grow many of them yourself. No fee. Saturday,
June 7, 2008 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. DeSoto's Nature Center Medicinal & Edible Plants Workshop & Hike For centuries, local residents have used hundreds of different species of medicinal plants found in our forests. Come learn about many of them with botanist Francine Hutchinson. $10
Adults/$5 children/be sure to register.
Saturday,
June 7, 2008 8:00-9:00p.m. CCC Pavilion Edible
Plants of Little River Canyon
No fee. Friday,
June 13, 2008 8:00-9:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Landscaping
with Native Plants No fee Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon DeSoto's Nature Center Landscaping
with No fee./Easy Hike Call 256.845.0051 or email desotostpk@mindspring.com for more info.
Saturday,
June 14, 2008 8:00
p.m. - 9:00 p.m. CCC
Pavilion Saturday, June 27, 20088:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Can
Snakes Crawl Backwards? No
fee Saturday,
June 28, 2008 12:00 Noon - 2:00 p.m. Meet at DeSoto's Nature Center Herpetology
Hike: Searching for Reptiles & Amphibians No fee/But be sure to register .
8:00-9:00
p.m. CCC Pavilion Venomous
Snakes of Alabama No
fee. July Friday, July 11, 2008 7:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Introduction to Musical Instruments in Story & Song Join musician Tony Thomas for this interesting program introducing acoustic instruments such as the fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and banjo by using stories & songs to give you a appreciation for each instrument. No fee/Bring your instrument if you wish!
Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:00 a.m. Meet at the Nature Center Forest Foods & Pharmacy-Herbs for What Ails You. Join herbalist Darryl Patton for a hike on the trails of DeSoto State Park to see many different species of plants that were used for mountain medicine in the past and many that are used in modern medicine today. No fee.
Saturday,
July 12, 2008 7:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Little
River Canyon Center: Construction Update No fee. CCC Pavilion Ecology of the
Canyon for Children No fee. Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:00a.m.-12:00 noon & 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. DeSoto's Picnic Area Native American Pottery Workshop Join
expert potter, Tammy Beane, to learn how pottery was made on $10 per person/Be sure to register.
CCC Pavilion Little
River Canyon No
fee. CCC Pavilion Fly
Fishing Techniques No
fee. Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Meet at CCC Pavilion Fly Fishing on
Little River Workshop Join
Dr. Chris Murdock, JSU Biologist and Little River native for an
opportunity to fly fish on Little River. Equipment supplied for a limited number of
participants. $5 per person/
CCC Pavilion More
about Fish!
August CCC Pavilion The Legend of Granny Dollar Granny Dollar is one of the most colorful characters and rugged
individualists who ever lived in the 
Saturday, August 2, 2008 CCC Pavilion The Legend of Sequoyah Sequoyah is celebrated as a Native American genius who, solely from the
resources of his mind, endowed a whole tribe with learning; the only man in history to
conceive and perfect in its entirety a syllabary. Sequoyah, is known to have taught in the
No fee Friday, August 8, 2008 7:00p.m.-8:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion DeSotoBotanical Beasts:
“Feed me, No fee.
Saturday, August 9, 2008 CCC Pavilion No fee.
Friday, August 15, 2008 7:00 p.m. - 8:00p.m. CCC Pavilion Fairy Tales of Little River Canyon Underneath a mossy rock deep in a secret cave somewhere in the canyon a magical book was discovered (and published as Calico Fairies) by storyteller Renee Morrison…Scary, Hairy & Sometimes Merry Fairy Tales of Little River. No fee Saturday, August 16, 2008 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. CCC Pavilion Fairy Houses & Looking for the Good FolkStoryteller Renee Morrison has been making fairy houses with her sons for sixteen years. She reports that occasionally the fairies do visit and leave tokens of their appreciation. She’ll also lead a short “hobbity” hike through an enchanted forest to identify places where fairies like to play, live and observe us. $2 per
person/
Saturday, August 16, 2008 7:00 p.m. - 8:00p.m. CCC Pavilion The Legend of Bigfoot Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yete, Big Elder Brother, Ed, you have heard of him! Yes, he does exist in Little River Canyon. Join us for a humorous night of 'evidence' and storytelling about this famous creature. No fee
Friday,
August 22, 2008 CCC Pavilion Rare
Plants and Animals of Little River Canyon CCC Pavilion Animal
Camouflage No fee
Friday, August 29, 2008 CCC Pavilion Invisible
Wonders of Little River Canyon Saturday, August 30, 2008 CCC Pavilion Parasites
of Little River No fee
September
Friday,
September 5, 2008 CCC Pavilion Constellations
from Lookout Mountain No
fee. Saturday, September 6, 2008 CCC Pavilion No
fee. CCC Pavilion Frog
Metamorphosis No
fee. Saturday, September 13, 2008 10:00a.m.-12:00 p.m. Meet at DeSoto's Nature Center Woodsy Stroll Explore the trails of No fee/
CCC Pavilion Venomous
Organisms of Alabama No
fee.
DeSoto's Nature Center Bear
Hunt! No
fee Saturday, September 20, 2008 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Meet at DeSoto's Nature Center Bear Hunt
and Water Quality In Little River (Hike & hands-on exploration) No
fee/But be sure to register CCC Pavilion Journal
of a Biologist No
fee CCC Pavilion Cherokee
Trail of Tears No
fee Saturday, September 27, 2008 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Meet at DeSoto's Nature Center CasualJoin Dr. Kelly Gregg for this easy to moderate hike along No fee/But be sure to register
Saturday, September 27, 2008 CCC Pavilion Geologic History ofLittle
River Canyon No
fee October
Friday, October 3, 2008 CCC Pavilion Prehistoric
Cultures of Little
River Canyon No
fee Saturday, October 4, 2008 10:00a.m.-12:00 noon & 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. DeSoto's Picnic Area Native American Pottery Workshop Join
expert potter, Tammy Beane, to learn how pottery was made on $10 per person/Be sure to register.
Saturday, October 4, 2008 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon DeSoto's Picnic Area NativeNo fee
CCC Pavilion Spanish
Exploration of Northeast Alabama No
fee CCC Pavilion Birds
of Alabama No
fee Feeding
Winter Wildlife No fee Friday,
October 17, 2008 CCC Pavilion Climate Change
Hurricanes in June…droughts…cold spells in May. What is going on? Join Dr. Jonathon Herbert as he explains the science behind global warming and how it might affect Alabama.No fee Saturday,
October 18, 2008 CCC Pavilion Seasons Why do the leaves change color? Why
don’t we get snow in Alabama? Join Dr. Jonathon Herbert as he explains the science
behind the seasonal changes in our state… No fee Friday,
October 24, 2008 CCC Pavilion No
fee CCC Pavilion Creepy
Critters No fee Friday,
October 31, 2008 CCC Pavilion No
fee November
10:00-12:00 p.m. Meet at DeSoto's Nature Center Storytelling HikeJoin storyteller Renee Morrison for this easy artsy stroll. No fee/But be sure to register.
CCC Pavilion My
Life as a Hound Dog Be sure to register for the Storytelling Hike November 1, 2008
Saturday & Sunday November 8th & 9th Indian Artifact Show In DeSoto State Park's Nature Center (Next to the Country Store) See Native American artifacts from all over Alabama in this special display. Saturday-9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday-9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. No fee. Saturday, November 8, 2008 9:00 a.m. Meet at Nature Center Medicinal
Plants of Fall;Gathering & Preserving Herbs No fee
November 15, 2008 1:00 p.m. DeSoto's Nature Center Learn How to Play the Harmonica Musician Tony Thomas teaches this fun class designed to learn this fun and easy instrument. No fee; Tony will have harmonicas for sale.
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