Discovery Spot: Gopher/Marten
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Discovery Spot: Gopher/Marten
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Discovery Spot: Gopher/Marten
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About this trail
Welcome to the Discovery Trail. As you travel down this path, use all of your senses to detect the plants and animals that make this place their home. Observe all that you discover, inducing clues to animal presence such as tracks and burrows. Linger at each of the benches along the path and try to unravel the stories of plant and animal interconnections. What do you see at this bench? What can you reach out and touch at this bench?
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