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1 JOIN US THIS SUMMER!!! Registration for Cal-Wood Summer Camps is open NOW!! Teen Leaders Ages Learn to facilitate high and low ropes initiatives, belaying techniques, backcountry travel at Rocky Mountain National Park, Flood Recovery ServiceProject T.U.N.E. Ages Trap Shooting, Archery, Orienteering, Fly/Rod and Reel Fishing, Tracking, Conservation Ethics Chipmunk Camp Ages 8-10 Horseback Riding, Arts and Crafts, Sleep Out, Living History at Our Homestead, Wildlife Tracking, Hiking Alpine Teen Adventure Camp Ages Backpacking, Cliff Jumping, Backcountry Cooking, Leadership Skills, Navigation, Leave No Trace Scientists at Large Camp Ages Tracking and Telemetry w/ a Wildlife Biologist, Astronomy, Catapults and Trebuchets, Design Your Own Research Project Wildland Skills Camp Ages Shelter Building, Tracking, Archery, Fire Making, Water Purification, Knife Skills, Hazardous Plant and Animal Identification Cal-Wood Education Center Journal Cal-Wood Summer Camp Ages Horseback Riding, High Ropes, Arts and Crafts, Archery, Hiking, Backcountry Cooking and Safety Mountain Summer Camp Ages Mountain Biking, Canoeing, Trip to Rocky Mountain National Park, High Ropes Course Your adventure awaits you at Cal-Wood this summer! My top 3 choices for camp are: 1. Name Learn about dates and register for summer camps at Cal-Wood Education Center P.O. Box 347 Jamestown, CO 80455

2 Welcome To Cal-Wood! Name: Date: Learning Group Name: Conservation Challenge How much water/food/energy have you been consuming??? Shade in enough symbols to equal the amount of each resource you used during your stay at Cal-Wood. Cal-Wood Instructor: 1. I consumed kw of energy while at Cal-Wood. (1 lightbulb =?? kw) Learning Group Members: 1) 3) 5) 7) 9) 11) 13) 15) 2) 4) 6) 8) 10) 12) 14) 16) 2. I consumed gallons of water while at Cal-Wood. (1 water jug =?? gallons) 3. I consumed pounds of food while at Cal-Wood. (1 plate =?? lbs) Adult Chaperone: Cabin Name: Cabin-mates: Three Actions I Will Take to Conserve Natural Resources at Home and at School:

3 Dichotomous Key to Trees at Cal-Wood A dichotomous key unlocks knowledge about things using two questions. Rules: 1. Start at the beginning 2. Read each statement (A and B). Which one is most true? Follow that dotted line and the next instructions. Continue until you have your tree! 3. If you make a mistake go back to the beginning! 1A. Leaves are leaf-like or it is a deciduous tree...go to set 2 1B. Leaves are not leaf-like or it is an evergreen tree...go to set 4 2A. Leaves are simple... Go to set 3 2B. Leaves are lobed and compound, having 3-11 leaflets...box Elder How did Cal-Wood come about? Cal-Wood was once home to a husband and wife, Roger and Oral Calvert. Roger purchased much of Cal-Wood s 1,200 acres of forests and meadows along with neighboring Balarat in The rest he acquired from the neighboring homesteaders, the Cruthers. Roger and Oral lived here because they loved the area s natural wonders, beauty, and dry, clean air. Mr. Larry Wood was his legal advisor and college friend. When Roger died in 1974, he left the land to kids to learn about, appreciate, and take care of. The name Cal-Wood comes from these two people s names. Cal-Wood is a GIFT, and it will be your home for the next couple of days. Please treat the land, natural residents, and facilities with the respect they deserve so that Cal-Wood will be around for many years for students like you to explore! 3A. Leaves are oval to round, pointed at the tip, and finely round-toothed edge. Bark is usually white with black scars...quaking Aspen 3B. Leaves are 3-lobed;; with a sharply toothed edge. Bark is dark reddish brown...mountain Maple 4A. Leaves are needle-like... Go to set 5 4B. Leaves are scale-like and overlap each other...rocky Mountain Juniper 5A. Leaves (needles) single... Go to set 6 5B. Leaves (needles) are in a bundle of two or more... Go to set 8 6A. Tree forms a shrub, cm tall...common or Dwarf Juniper 6B. Tree does not form a shrub, is over 100 cm tall... Go to set 7 7A. Needles are sharp and are four sided (almost round) so that you are able to roll them in your fingers...colorado Blue Spruce 7B. Needles are softer and are two sided (flat) so that you are not able to roll them in your fingers... Douglas Fir 8A. 2-3 leaves in a bundle... Go to set 9 8B. 4-5 leaves in a bundle...limber Pine 9A. Each long leaf is cm. Bark is flaky and looks like jigsaw pieces. The bark can be dark brown or yellow-orange. Bark smells like vanilla or butterscotch...ponderosa Pine 9B. Each short leaf is 2-4 cm long. Bark can be gray to orange brown and flaky...lodge Pole Pine

4 Cal-Wood Schedule Arrival Day Arrive at Cal-Wood Orientation in Lodge Lunch Learning day begins 4:30 to 5:00 Return to Lodge: B.O.B. Time 5:00-5:45 Downtime/Cabin Time 5:45 Hoppers to kitchen 6:00 Dinner & Clean-up 7:30 Evening Activity 9:00 Ready for bed 9:30 Lights Out Full Day 7:00 Wake-up 7:30 Hoppers to kitchen 7:45 Breakfast & Clean-up 9:00 Learning day begins Lunch in the field 4:30 Return to Lodge: B.O.B. Time 5:00 Downtime/Cabin Time 5:45 Hoppers to kitchen 6:00 Dinner & Clean-up 7:30 Evening Activity 9:00 Ready for bed/ packing (last evening) 9:30 Lights Out Departure Day 7:00 Wake-up 7:30 Hoppers to kitchen 7:45 Breakfast & Clean-up 9:00 Learning day begins Lunch Group Closing Walk to parking lot Depart for home The mountains are calling and I must go. - John Muir

5 Animal Tracks (not scaled to size) A B C D E Food.Energy.Water. Food Conservation! In one year, the average American consumes 200 pounds of meat, 31 pounds of cheese, 16 pounds of fish, and 415 fruits and vegetables.! But there s a catch! Not all of that food is necessarily eaten by us. Much of it gets thrown away because we tend to buy or take more than we are going to eat, so it goes bad or we throw it away. Here s how you can reduce your food waste: F G H I J When going out to eat, try to order only what you know you will be able to finish. If you do have leftovers, take them home in a recyclable or compostable container (not styrofoam) to eat the next day. You can also be creative and use leftovers in new recipes! K L M N A. Field Mouse!!!!!! H. Porcupine front: 0.8 x 0.8 cm hind: 5.7 x 4.8 cm!!! front: 4.3 x 3.3 cm hind: 6.8 x 4.3 cm B. Chipmunk!!!!!!! I. Bobcat front: 1.3 x 1 cm hind: 1.8 x 1.5 cm!!!! front: 5 x 5.3 cm hind: 5.3 x 4.8 cm C. Pocket Gopher!!!!!! J. Coyote front: 1.5 x 0.5 cm hind: 1.9 x 1.3 cm!!! front: 6.3 x 5.8 cm hind: 5.7 x 4.8 cm D. Pine Squirrel!!!!!! K. Mountain Lion front: 2.5 x 2.5 cm hind: 2.3 x 2.5 cm!!! front: 8.8 x 9.0 cm hind: 8.2 x 7.5 cm E. Abert s Squirrel!!!!!! L. Mule Deer front: 3.5 cm hind: 7 cm!!!!! front: 8.2 x 6.5 cm hind: 7.8 x 6.3 cm F. Mallard Duck!!!!!! M. Black Bear 5.5 x 6 cm!!!!!!! front: 11.3 x 10 cm hind: 17.8 x 8.8 cm G. Mountain Cottontail!!!!! N. Elk front: 3.2 x 2.5 cm hind: 8.8 x 2.5 cm!!! front: 11.8 x 7.5 cm hind: 10.7 x 7.3 cm When your parents are preparing to go grocery shopping, help them check your refrigerator first! A lot of times we buy new food that we don t need, when it is just as easy to create a meal plan from the food that we still have at home. COMPOST!!! You can collect food scraps in a compost bin (which may include decomposers such as worms) that will result in a usable product. The end product of compost can be used in your own garden to help supply important nutrients to your plants.

6 Mountain Word Search N D T S Q B W F H B G C A A C L T M Y I O O R D T T W A Y I N F Z D L U O U U R I U I I P T W W G R O O D H B E B L G E L B Y T B K L E R R I U Q S S T R E B A N J U R A E A L T J E F K L N R C D K Z I A C I M V U N L L O B L E E E K E V D A H N W C N R L T F Q N E O N V S E K O T O O S S C N E B T V E G Y R L U R R I N E S M N I E U S B O B C A T A G I O F U H C B E B X K F N U V C E O C F E R F O Y Z L E S W S I Q O V R Q D Q P X O O M A L N V L T S I H S C T T H L E C Y R O U I S Y H O E F V P W E I V G N O L E M P Q Q P L G Q A P O N D E R O S A T S F S F X I X E E L D C K E Q G B I J S T T D P T M E H X G T F N L F Y I J Q Z H J H U R M P G P Z E K M K W V B I J O I P D Y G U H W Y D I W U E S N I H O O Z E H R C V C M D X G Z Q M G A P Q Y Q Y H E O Q L P E G C K Q M H K I W M H O Q ABERTS SQUIRREL BLUEBIRD BOBCAT CALVERT CONSERVATION ELK FIR FOREST HAWK HIKE HOMESTEAD LONGVIEW MICA MOUNTAIN LION MULE DEER MULLEIN PINE BEETLE PONDEROSA SOLITUDE SPRUCE

7 Be your own naturalist! A naturalist is someone who studies and appreciates nature. A naturalist is curious about the world around them. A naturalist recognizes patterns in nature. A naturalist has keen senses. A naturalist is patient. Use the space below to make sketches and notes of things you notice in nature that fascinate you! Food.Energy.Water. Energy Conservation On average, each person in the United States uses about 312 million Btu (or British thermal units) of energy. What the heck is a British thermal unit?! One Btu is actually a very small amount of energy, about the equivalent of burning one match. Here s how you can save energy at home: Ask your parents if you use appliances in your home (like washers/dryers, microwaves, and refrigerators) that have the Energy Star logo. These appliances automatically use less energy than other appliances. Open your curtains or blinds when there is plenty of natural light available to avoid turning lights on in your house when you don t need them. It s not what you look at that matters, but what you see. - Henry David Thoreau

8 Food.Energy.Water. Water Conservation Extra Room to Draw 70% of Earth s surface is covered in water - BUT, only 3% is freshwater, and only 1% is freshwater that is available for us to use.!! This means that if you were to put all of the world s water in a 1 liter bottle (about the size of your Nalgene bottle), we would only be able to use about one drop of it! A person in the U.S. uses gallons of water a day! At Cal-Wood, we get our water from 2 wells on our property, so we have to be very careful about how much water we use. If we use more than 3,000 gallons in one day, it takes 24 hrs for the tanks to refill completely so that we can use water again. So, with only 30 people at Cal-Wood (and there are usually more) using an average amount of 100 gallons per day, we would use up our water very quickly. That is why it s better for us not to take showers during our stay at Cal-Wood. Here s how you can use less water at home: To reduce the amount of water used to flush your toilet, place a glass jar in the back of the toilet to displace some of the water. Take shorter showers! You can save up to 40 gallons of water just by taking a 3-5 minute shower instead of a 10 minute shower. Set a timer to help you monitor how long your showers are.

9 Extra Room to Write Hidden Treasures How many of these can you find during your stay at Cal-Wood? Trees, Shrubs, Forbs (Flowers), and Fungus Ponderosa Pine!!! Colorado Blue Spruce Limber Pine!!!! Quaking Aspen Douglas Fir!!!! Rocky Mountain Juniper Kinnikinnik!!!! Snowberry Mistletoe!!!! Pasque Flower Mullein!!!!! Sage Brown-Eyed Susans!! Golden Banner Dwarf Larkspur!!! Vetch! Buttercup!!!! Dandelion Blue-Flag Iris!!!! Thistle Puffball Mushroom!!! Goldenrod Aster!!!!! Columbine Cactus!!!!! Coral Root Lichen Mammals Abert s Squirrel!! Cottontail Rabbit!! Chipmunk Pocket Gopher!! Ground Squirrel!! Vole Bat!!!! Bobcat!!!! Fox! Coyote!!!! Mule Deer!!! Elk! Black Bear!!! Mountain Lion Reptiles & Amphibians Garter Snake!! Chorus Frog!!! Tiger Salamander Birds Mallard!!!! Canada Goose!! Raven! Northern Harrier!! Red-Tailed Hawk!! Magpie Great-Horned Owl!! Wren!!!! Swallow Bald Eagle!!! Golden Eagle!! American Robin Mourning Dove!! Steller s Jay!!! Nuthatch!! Hummingbird!!! Woodpecker!!! Mountain Bluebird Chickadee!!! Finch!!!! Red-Winged Blackbird Minerals Quartz!!!!! Mica

10 Day 1 Mind Map Extra Room to Write

11 Day 3 Mind Map Place to Write During Lessons

12 Place to Draw During Lessons B.O.B. Activity

13 Place to Draw During Lessons B.O.B. Activity

14 Day 2 Mind Map Place to Write During Lessons