Help FORB Walk on the Wildside
Trail map for “Walk on the Wild Side” . The girl scout interpretive project was located in the Old Forest section.
I saw a very interesting and creative idea during the 2018 "Walk on the Wild Side" event at Bufferlands in southern Sacramento County. I think it could work very well for FORB and American River Parkway projects too. This idea could be linked to similar new work by others along the river creating a network easily changed or updated with new material. I'm putting the idea out for feedback and possible volunteers to act on it. This could be a good project to partner with a class or other organization and build on materials and information generated at FORB events and otherwise which could be made available at any time for independent or group activities beyond regular FORB events.
A local Girl Scout group developed a series of short informative nature video clips for "Walk on the Wildside" by interviewing local experts and using skits that they created to deliver important wildlife and environmental subjects. They created labeled signs including QR Codes ( [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code) ) so that stations could be placed along a trail using laminated paper signs on lath sticks. A QR code can link to a video or webpage where more detailed information is presented and explained. By using a smart phone and free software anyone could open a QR code and watch a video in nature about something they were seeing and/or experiencing. Links to additional information could be shared too. This project was popular and I saw quite a few folks take the time to look these codes up and discuss what they learned. People are often more familiar with technology rather than nature and this project links the two in a fun way making nature information more accessible. Check out the link to their first station below.
FORB could create a similar program with event experts and others and either place the signs during an event or maintain a nature trail at Sutter's Landing Park. One approach could be to create a program around the annual calendar of events but we could also use custom stations for a particular program or deliver special messages about ongoing issues (off-leash dogs, off-pavement bikes, etc) is a friendly educational approach meant to be available all year. It might be possible to partner with a class or school and/or CDFW's "Nature Bowl" program as a creative way to create this content. A special use permit might be needed from county parks and grant funding from SMUD, Audubon or others might be possible. Everything would be written up as a draft proposal first for review.
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Girl Scout "Walk on the Wild Side" Project
list of ideas for FORB topics
links to free QR code reader apps: ( [https://www.techradar.com/how-to/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/how-to-scan-qr-codes-from-your-iphone-or-ipad-1308841](https://www.techradar.com/how-to/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/how-to-scan-qr-codes-from-your-iphone-or-ipad-1308841) OR
[https://www.google.com/amp/s/uqr.me/blog/best-qr-code-readers/amp/
link to webpage on making QR links
link to SMUD grants
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by Dale
A local Girl Scout group developed a series of short informative nature video clips for "Walk on the Wildside" by interviewing local experts and using skits that they created to deliver important wildlife and environmental subjects. They created labeled signs including QR Codes ( [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code) ) so that stations could be placed along a trail using laminated paper signs on lath sticks. A QR code can link to a video or webpage where more detailed information is presented and explained. By using a smart phone and free software anyone could open a QR code and watch a video in nature about something they were seeing and/or experiencing. Links to additional information could be shared too. This project was popular and I saw quite a few folks take the time to look these codes up and discuss what they learned. People are often more familiar with technology rather than nature and this project links the two in a fun way making nature information more accessible. Check out the link to their first station below.
FORB could create a similar program with event experts and others and either place the signs during an event or maintain a nature trail at Sutter's Landing Park. One approach could be to create a program around the annual calendar of events but we could also use custom stations for a particular program or deliver special messages about ongoing issues (off-leash dogs, off-pavement bikes, etc) is a friendly educational approach meant to be available all year. It might be possible to partner with a class or school and/or CDFW's "Nature Bowl" program as a creative way to create this content. A special use permit might be needed from county parks and grant funding from SMUD, Audubon or others might be possible. Everything would be written up as a draft proposal first for review.
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Girl Scout "Walk on the Wild Side" Project
list of ideas for FORB topics
links to free QR code reader apps: ( [https://www.techradar.com/how-to/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/how-to-scan-qr-codes-from-your-iphone-or-ipad-1308841](https://www.techradar.com/how-to/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/how-to-scan-qr-codes-from-your-iphone-or-ipad-1308841) OR
[https://www.google.com/amp/s/uqr.me/blog/best-qr-code-readers/amp/
link to webpage on making QR links
link to SMUD grants
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by Dale
Egret/Heron rookeries at Bufferlands
Cormorant rookery at Bufferlands
