On several crisp fall mornings this November, eager students trudged through fallen leaves of big leaf maples to identify tree species at Grovers Creek Preserve. Under the towering evergreens of…
Salamanders of Grovers Creek Preserve
One of the exciting things about Great Peninsula Conservancy’s environmental education program Land Labs is that our preserves are ideal classrooms! Land Labs regularly visits Grovers Creek Preserve and will…
Summer Land Labs Highlights
Land Labs hosted two programs during summer 2023. Both were held at GPC preserves, all in the Hood Canal area, and focused on providing opportunities for students on their summer…
Fostering Leadership in the Outdoors
During the 2022 fall school semester, Great Peninsula Conservancy’s Land Labs Education Coordinator AmeriCorps VISTA Jaime Webb partnered with local Mountain View Middle School teacher Lisa Gordon and her Outdoor…
Land Labs Covers Climate Resilient Forests
This November, the Land Labs team worked with Mountainview Middle School seventh graders and Catalyst Public School’s fifth grade class to explore the concept of Climate Resilient Forests in Puget…
Land Labs: Summer Sessions
This summer, Land Labs had its first lesson at Misery Point Preserve in Seabeck. Over three different field experiences, a total of 40 students visited Misery Point and participated in…
Land Labs explores Curley Creek
This May, GPC’s Land Labs team led four field trips for 110 local middle schoolers. Students learned about the importance of stewardship through monitoring Curley Creek by studying biological indicators.…
In Land Labs, students make lifelong connections with the natural world
Mushrooms and salamanders were catching students’ eyes all day long. A woodpecker fluttered past. Tree frogs were croaking in the distance. Deep in the forest at Grovers Creek Preserve, the rain wasn’t so…
How much do you know about Olympia oysters?
For Logan, it was a dream come true. He was bursting at the seams with excitement when he talked about how he wanted to become a marine biologist. Now he…
Land Labs Investigates Ecosystems at Curley Creek
Sierra Kross, Land Labs Education Coordinator AmeriCorps VISTA, guest posts on the inaugural Land Labs fieldtrip at GPC’s Curley Creek Tyner Preserve, where many students met face-to-face for the first…