A number of the Master Naturalists signed up to attend
the Motts Run Nature Center training in order to assist in staffing the Nature
Center. I must confess, it was my very
first visit to the center. Being relatively
new to the area, I discovered Motts Run Reservoir last year for kayaking. Not realizing the Nature Center was there, I
would definitely have stopped in.
What a hidden gem.
This is a place I would definitely have brought my children when they
were younger had we lived in the area.
The training session included learning about the resident female snake “Pocket”
as well. Unable to resist the
opportunity to hold her, I held my very first snake. She was cool to the touch, ever so smooth and
really quite curious and friendly. But
Pocket wasn’t the only interesting thing in the Nature Center.
The Center is a one room log cabin with numerous on-hands
displays. There was quite a nice library
of books on nature, nature games and scavenger hunts. Equipment that could be checked out such as
binoculars, books, field guides, dipnets and so forth.
I must admit, I look forward to volunteering at the
Nature Center in hopes that others will be equally inspired and become curious
in this beautiful world we live in. Not
to mention I plan on discovering each display personally….as I am always a kid
at heart.
Hopefully everyone will take the opportunity to stop by
Motts Run Nature Center, open April through October on Saturdays and Sundays
from noon – 5pm. Best of all there is no
charge and you can bring a picnic lunch, kayak, fish and hike.
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