Lake County >> The June children’s nature education program at the Rodman Preserve on June 20 will feature biologists from the Lake County Vector Control.
Presented by the Lake County Land Trust, the series will take place from 9 a.m. to noon with drop-ins welcome.
It is designed for children ages 6 through 12, but all are welcome with adult accompaniment encouraged. Helping to lead the program will be Elaine Mansell, a local naturalist and remembered by many as the leader of Junior Rangers at the Clear Lake State Park for many years. Also on hand will be retired state park ranger and Lake County Land Trust board member Val Nixon, as well as Lakeport resident and land trust volunteer Karen Weston.
The biologists from vector control, including entomologist Brittany Nelms, technician Brady Hayes and intern Danielle Bridges, will work with children showing them live specimens like gnat larvae, mosquito larvae and mosquito fish. The program also gives children an opportunity to look through microscopes, check out vector control’s mosquito tower and new this year is an interactive mosquito larval habitat display.
The program is free and open to the public. Rodman Preserve and Nature Education Center is located at 6350 Westlake Road. Take the Nice-Lucerne Cut-off off of Highway 29, between Lakeport and Upper Lake. Turn east onto the Cut-off, then left on to Westlake Road. The preserve entry is to the immediate right after turning on to Westlake.
The LCTC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of natural habitat and open space in Lake County. For information about the land trust, go to www.lakecountylandtrust.org. For information about the children’s program, call Roberta Lyons at (707) 994-2024 or Elaine Mansell at (707) 263-1637.
