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City of Kent

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Environmental Education

Tales From Along the Trail with Naturalist Cathy Ricks

 

Previous “Tales From Along the Trail” 

Spicebush-(Lindera benzoin)

Northern Cardinals- Ohio’s Valentine Bird (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Squirrels- Drey or Den (Sciurus carolinensis)

Christmas Fern (Polystichum Acrostichoides)

Talking Wild Turkey “Trot” (meleagris gallopavo)

Autumn is Creeping in on Scarlet Ribbons

Getting Wet and Dirty to Clean Up a River

Professor E Leon: Funambulist Extraordinaire

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

The May Apple (podophyllum peltatum)

Kent’s Historic Field of Dreams

It’s Not Easy Being Green; Spring’s Woodland Frog Chorus

In Search of Spring for Groundhog’s Day

Winter: Prime Time for Eagle Spotting

Great Blue Herons in Winter

An 1867 Election Day Story

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Kent, OH 44240

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497 Middlebury Road
Kent, OH 44240

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Phone: (330) 673-8897
Fax: (330) 673-8898