It’s easy for Kirsten Talken-Spaulding to draw a connection between her summers at Nature Camp and her career with the National Park Service. Reflecting on…
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10th Almost Annual Fall Hike Day at Nature Camp Saturday, 20 October 2018 When: 10:00 AM through the evening, RAIN OR SHINE. If the weather is…
Two dozen intrepid volunteers gathered at Nature Camp this past weekend for the rescheduled Fall Service Weekend. Despite the relatively sparse attendance, we accomplished some important work. Though the level...
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Caretaker Ventry Smith captured this photo of the Girls’s Swimming Hole from the bridge yesterday morning. Florence has moved on and clear skies are on…
One of my great regrets in life is that I never got to know Sam Lavender very well. Sam was the caretaker here at Nature…
In 1991, as a 20 year-old rising Senior at the University of North Carolina, I did the most outlandish and absurd thing I have ever…
When Sarah Francisco was a young Nature Camper in the mid ’80s, she witnessed something that had a profound impact on the way she saw…