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The Wyanokie Lodge headquarters has long been a centre for 

 nature study, under the inspiration and direction of Dr. Will S. 

 Monroe, Honorary President of the New York Section of the 

 Green Mountain Club, who established a fern garden there, laid 

 out forty miles of trails, and maintained for ten years an annual 

 bird census, in cooperation with the United States Biological 

 Surv'ey. The Lodge continues as a centre of outdoor instruction, 

 particularly in botany, and is the scene of weekly nature guidance 

 outings, under the general direction of William Gavin Taylor, 

 assisted by many members of the section who are versed in the 

 natural sciences. 



The Wyanokie Nature Trail was established December 12, at 

 a meeting of the Green Mountain Club at Wyanokie Lodge, to 

 which members of the Torrey Botanical Club were also invited. 

 For the beginning, trees and shrubs were identified according to 

 their winter aspects, and some geological features were labelled. 

 Linen tags, two by four inches were used, inscribed in ordinary 

 typewriter ribbon or with indelible ink. The results of the 

 winter's exposure upon these labels will determine if they may be 

 considered as reasonably persistent, or if some methods of water- 

 proofing, or perhaps the use of metal labels, may be adopted. 

 Among those who gave useful advice and helped in the identifi- 

 cations at the inauguration of this trail were Dr. Arthur H. 

 Graves, of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, secretary of the Torrey 

 Botanical Club; Dr. B. T. Butler, of the College of the City' of 

 New York, who named geological features, and Major Barrington 

 Moore, Secretary of the Council on Wild Life, National Parks 

 and Forests, who identified the trees. 



At Camp Thendara, a similar Nature Trail was begun in 

 December, with identification of trees and shrubs from bark, 

 buds, persistent fruits, etc., and of geological features. This is 

 a particularly rich region for ferns, which, with other herbaceous 

 plants, will be added to the "exhibits" as the spring advances. 



At the Adirondack Mountain Club headquarters in the 

 Harriman Park, Camp Nawakwa, on Lake Sebago, three miles 

 east of Tuxedo, a Nature Trail, primarily for winter botany and 

 geology, was established in December, and will be extended as 

 the changing seasons permit, under the direction of A. T. Shorey, 

 a Boy Scout troop leader, of Brooklyn, who has been active in the 

 nature study and trail making program of the Scouts at their 



