Bear Crawl July 23rd - Deep Creek Discovery Center

Bear Crawl July 23rd from 8:30am to 5pm.

The Bear Crawl is a one day 8:30-5pm quest to find all 20 painted bears.

People participating in the crawl pick their dated and stamped trail guide at the Discovery Center between 8:30 and 10. Visit all 20 bears and return to the Discovery Center by 5pm. Refreshments await all participants and all completed guides will be entered in a chance to win a table top carved bear!! Vendors hosting the bears will be offering incentives, coupons and specials for people on the crawl.

So get out there and find all 20!

For more information email Caroline at the Discovery Center. cblizzard@dnr.state.md.us



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Ranger Blizzard Honored For Her Education Efforts

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Apr. 28, 2011

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory has selected Maryland Park Service's Caroline Blizzard as its 2011 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award recipient for helping "elevate environmental stewardship and understanding throughout her western Maryland community."

The award, presented last Thursday evening by Appalachian Laboratory director Dr. Robert H. Gardner, recognizes local citizens for their contributions to environmental education. It was awarded to Ranger Blizzard for her work engaging visitors at the Deep Creek State Park Discovery Center and her personal contributions to local schools and civic organizations.

"Caroline has set a new high water mark when it comes to engaging others about the need to conserve and protect our natural resources," said Gardner. "Her passion and leadership have helped bring the natural world into the lives of thousands of local residents and park visitors every year."

Blizzard has spent a lifetime helping western Maryland residents and visitors better understand and appreciate nature. Whether through her work as a certified interpretive guide, directing the Deep Creek Lake State Park Discovery Center, or developing the Maryland Department of Natural Resources "Become an Outdoors Woman" program, Blizzard has long been a regional leader in the environmental education field.

Since 2004, she has directed the Discovery Center and its interpretive programming and education programs.

"Caroline and her team have worked hard to make the center a frequent destination spot and hub for people to enjoy and learn about nature around Deep Creek Lake," notes Chris Conner, Appalachian Lab spokesman

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THE BEARS ARE COMING!!

20 Bears are lumbering out of hibernation this spring to be decorated by local artists and displayed from Memorial Day through Autumn Glory at sponsoring businesses throughout Garrett County.

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Deep Creek Discovery Center - November 2010

Here is the full schedule of events for December at the Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center:

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 8:00 A.M. LET’S GO BIRDING THIS MAY BE EARLY, BUT IT IS THE BEST TIME TO HEAR AND SPOT SONGBIRDS. JOIN NATURALIST AARON, ONE OF GARRETT COUNTY’S MOST AVID BIRDERS, ON A WALK AROUND THE PARK. EXPERIENCED AND BEGINNER BIRDERS ARE WELCOMED! PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BINOCULARS. MEET AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER.
1:00 P.M. NOVELTY NOSE ATTENTION, KIDS OF ALL AGES! COME TO THE DISCOVERY CENTER AND EXPLORE THE LIFE OF A BLACK BEAR. ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTING FACTS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR PARK NATURALIST. GET THE CHANCE TO TOUCH REAL BEAR FUR AND SEE AN ACTUAL SKULL!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 11:00 P.M. HIKE TO THE BRANT MINE THIS PROGRAM IS A GUIDED HIKE WITH THE NATURALIST TO THE HISTORIC BRANT MINE. YOU WILL SEE THE REMNANTS OF A COAL MINE THAT WAS OPERATED IN THE 1920’S. PLUS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE WAY!
2:00 P.M. OWL VS. HAWK DISCOVER THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR BIRDS OF PREY AS THEY ARE PERCHED OUTSIDE THEIR MEW’S FOR CLEAR VIEWING AND PHOTOGRAPHY. THE PARK NATURALIST WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND RELAY HOW THE BIRDS CAME TO BE AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER. 1 HOUR.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 8:00 A.M. LET’S GO BIRDING THIS MAY BE EARLY, BUT IT IS THE BEST TIME TO HEAR AND SPOT SONGBIRDS. JOIN NATURALIST AARON, ONE OF GARRETT COUNTY’S MOST AVID BIRDERS, ON A WALK AROUND THE PARK. EXPERIENCED AND BEGINNER BIRDERS ARE WELCOMED! PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BINOCULARS. MEET AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER.
1:00 P.M. SMOOTH N’ SCALES KIDS OF ALL AGES! SLITHER YOUR WAY OVER TO THE DISCOVERY CENTER FOR AN AFTERNOON OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS! LEARN ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO. ALSO, GET THE CHANCE TO BE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL BY HELPING THE NATURALIST FEED!
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 11:00 A.M. WINTER WOODS. OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE CHANGING SEASONS BY ENJOYING A RELAXING HIKE. WHAT DO PLANTS AND ANIMALS DO TO SURVIVE IN COLD WEATHER? LEARN ABOUT HOW NATURE PREPARES FOR WINTER! REMEMBER TO DRESS APPROPRIATE!
2:00 P.M. OWL VS. HAWK DISCOVER THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR BIRDS OF PREY AS THEY ARE PERCHED OUTSIDE THEIR MEW’S FOR CLEAR VIEWING AND PHOTOGRAPHY. THE PARK NATURALIST WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND RELAY HOW THE BIRDS CAME TO BE AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER. 1 HOUR.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20 8:00 A.M. LET’S GO BIRDING THIS MAY BE EARLY, BUT IT IS THE BEST TIME TO HEAR AND SPOT SONGBIRDS. JOIN NATURALIST AARON, ONE OF GARRETT COUNTY’S MOST AVID BIRDERS, ON A WALK AROUND THE PARK. EXPERIENCED AND BEGINNER BIRDERS ARE WELCOMED! PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BINOCULARS. MEET AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER.
1:00 P.M. STORY N’ CRAFT JOIN OUR PARK NATURALIST FOR A SEASONAL STORY AND CRAFT. THE PROGRAM IS $2.00 PER CHILD. APPROPRIATE FOR AGES 2-5
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21 11:00 P.M. HIKE TO THE BRANT MINE THIS PROGRAM IS A GUIDED HIKE WITH THE PARK NATURALIST TO THE HISTORIC BRANT MINE. YOU WILL SEE THE REMNANTS OF A COAL MINE THAT WAS OPERATED IN THE 1920’S. PLUS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE WAY!
2:00 P.M. OWL VS. HAWK DISCOVER THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR BIRDS OF PREY AS THEY ARE PERCHED OUTSIDE THEIR MEW’S FOR CLEAR VIEWING AND PHOTOGRAPHY. THE PARK NATURALIST WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND RELAY HOW THE BIRDS CAME TO BE AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER. 1 HOUR.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26 CRITTER ENCOUNTERS EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR, YOU WILL GET THE CHANCE TO MEET A DIFFERENT CRITTER. JOIN OUR NATURALIST TO DISOVER NEW FACTS AND WATCH FEEDINGS! ALL AGES ARE WELCOMED!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27 8:00 A.M. LET’S GO BIRDING THIS MAY BE EARLY, BUT IT IS THE BEST TIME TO HEAR AND SPOT SONGBIRDS. JOIN NATURALIST AARON, ONE OF GARRETT COUNTY’S MOST AVID BIRDERS, ON A WALK AROUND THE PARK. EXPERIENCED AND BEGINNER BIRDERS ARE WELCOMED! PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BINOCULARS. MEET AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER.
1:00 P.M. A TURKEY’S TALE COME TO THE DISCOVERY CENTER FOR A GOBBLING GOOD TIME! LEARN ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE WILD TURKEY. KIDS OF ALL AGES CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES!
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28 11:00 A.M. WINTER WOODS. OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE CHANGING SEASONS BY ENJOYING A RELAXING HIKE. WHAT DO PLANTS AND ANIMALS DO TO SURVIVE IN COLD WEATHER? LEARN ABOUT HOW NATURE PREPARES FOR WINTER! REMEMBER TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY.
2:00 P.M. OWL VS. HAWK DISCOVER THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR BIRDS OF PREY AS THEY ARE PERCHED OUTSIDE THEIR MEW’S FOR CLEAR VIEWING AND PHOTOGRAPHY. THE PARK NATURALIST WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND RELAY HOW THE BIRDS CAME TO BE AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER. 1 HOUR.

EVERY SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A TANK TOUR AT 11:00 A.M. -DON’T PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISCOVERY CENTER. HEAR STORIES, LEARN FACTS, AND GET A CHANCE TO TOUCH DIFFERENT CRITTERS. APPROPRIATE FOR ALL AGES

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Programs and Center hours are subject to change without notice. 301-387-7067

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Art in the Park - Deep Creek Discovery Center

From the Discovery Center website:

*Service charge applies for entrance*

July 10, 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
July 11, 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Over 40 artists exhibit and sell their original artwork at this annual event sponsored by the Western Garrett County State Park Volunteers, Inc. to help local businesses and non-profits, provide environmental education, and fundraise for the Forest Canopy Walkway Project at the Discovery Center. Vendors at Art in the Park typically donate something to be auctioned off on behalf of the WGCSPV, Inc. to raise funds towards the forest canopy project and community members provide a ton of volunteer hours to make this event successful every year.

The WGCSPV, Inc. also hosts a Tye Dying Station where you can make your one of a kind Art in the Park T-shirt for $10. Proceeds benefit the Forest Canopy Walkway Project. The Discovery Center also hosts a booth with volunteers, where community members can observe the birds from the aviary up close and can even get a chance touch a range of different animals like snakes and frogs. The animals change every few hours, so visitors check in to see what is new.

Vendors/businesses include dixieland music, food, pottery, jewelry, photography, woodworking, watercolor and oil paintings and much more. If you are a vendor/business and would like to have a booth at this years Art in the Park, please call the Discovery Center ASAP. First come first serve. Spaces are limited!

Come by boat or car to the event. A service charge applies for entrance this year. Call 301-387-7067 or 301-387-7314 for more info.

Sponsored by the Western Garrett County State Park Volunteers Inc. and
Garrett County Arts Council

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Author, artist at Deep Creek event - Art in the Park

Cumberland Times-News

DEEP CREEK LAKE — Award-winning children’s book author Melinda Chambers of Romney, W.Va., will attend Art in the Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Deep Creek Lake State Park’s Discovery Center. She will be autographing her books, audio books and T-shirts.

Ashley Teets of Terra Alta, W.Va., an award-winning children’s book illustrator and artist, will be painting children’s faces in Chambers’ tent near the Discovery Center.

For more information, call 301-387-7067 or log on to www.discoverycenterdcl.com

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Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center - Photos

Here are some more cool photos that we took at the Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center last week:











There are so many cool things to do there, interesting activities scheduled almost every day and the setting is amazing. I promised Noah to take him back to the kids corner to play with the BIG turtle...I also noticed a chart tracking the sightings of 2 bald eagles that were observed flying and touching talons - apparently, it was a sign of kinship amongst the birds. Interesting stuff at the DCL Discovery Center!! More from their website:

The Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center, the Department of Natural Resources' interpretive environmental center along the shores of Deep Creek Lake at Deep Creek Lake State Park. The Discovery Center is a one-of-a-kind educational venue for people of all ages. Through hands-on exhibits that showcase the natural resources of Western Maryland, families can learn about the flora and fauna, wildlife, cultural and historical heritage that have turned this former logging and coal mining region into a popular modern day vacation destination.

Through colorful artwork, photographs and artifacts, the facility's numerous natural resources exhibits provide a behind the scenes look into Deep Creek Lake and its watershed, industrial development in the area, and conservation issues facing the region today. History buffs will enjoy learning about the cultural and historical heritage of the region, including coal extraction from the former Old Brant Mine, and the role the mighty Youghiogheny River played in timber logging at the turn of the century. The Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center also features an aquarium with native fish and other aquatic species from the lake and river, and a raised relief map that gives visitors a unique perspective of the mountainous terrain.

On-site naturalists, rangers and volunteers lead daily educational programs, from leisurely hikes that focus on birdwatching, tree identification and wildflowers, to more extensive educational programming that touches on such subjects as black bear management, endangered species of the Youghiogheny area, submerged aquatic vegetation, boating safety, and trail stewardship.

The Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center's 6,000 square foot facility also includes a classroom and conference areas complete with audio visual technology that is available for rent for use for educational purposes. Don't forget to stop by the Nature Shop, where you'll find a variety of environmental and educational gifts including toys, souvenirs from the region, field guides, and books with natural resource themes.

Don't forget to check out the LIVE Fish Cam that was donated by the Western Garrett County State Park Volunteers, Inc. The camera is located underwater near the Discovery Center. A TV in the Discovery Center shows the LIVE feed and what fish are moving around underwater that day. Anglers stop at the Discovery Center to check on the fish because Christmas trees line the shores of the park creating excellent habitat and try to name the fishes spotted on the screen. Watch a video of our LIVE Fish Cam.
Deep Creek Lake State Park is located at 898 State Park Road in Swanton, Maryland.

For more information about the Deep Creek Discovery Center call (301) 387-7067.

Hours of operation subject to change depending on the season.

Hours of operation: Open Daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m

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Deep Creek Discovery Center offering programs to please every naturalist

Deep Creek Discovery Center offering programs to please every naturalist

For the Cumberland Times-News
CUMBERLAND - A variety of activities have been scheduled at the Discovery Center at Deep Creek Lake State Park."Let's Go Birding" will be held today at 8 a.m. Participants will discover local breeding birds with one of Garrett County's most avid birders. They will learn how to bird by ear and listen for distinctive songs as they stroll through the park. Those attending should bring binoculars for the 90-minute excusion.Other events include:* Saturday, 11 a.m., "Black Bears and You!" Participants will hike along the Snakeroot Trail while learning all about bears. Those attending should wear proper footwear because the trail is rocky. "Hourly Encounters" with nature center animals runs from noon to 4 p.m., with a campfire at 7 p.m.* Sunday, 11 a.m., nature hike with a naturalist to the Snakeroot Trail, and 1:30 p.m., "Aviary Encounter."* Monday, 10:30 a.m., "Fishing with the Naturalist," offering fishing basics like knot tying and casting. Poles, bait and tackle will be provided. There is a fee.For more schedule, park information, and updates about the Discovery Center go to these Web sites: http://www.deepcreektimes.com/, http://www.deepcreekblog.com/ andwww.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/deepcreeklake.html or call (301) 387-7067.The center is open Monday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Programs and center hours are subject to change without notice.