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GAMET THEATRE | RUFFED GROUSE | SAW-WHET OWLS | SUMMER CAMPS | CONSTRUCTION

FragileNature

New exhibit highlights theworks of National Geographic

photographer Joel Sartore

More than a month on crutches this winter has driven home to me the importanceof handicapped access. From that perspective, I am pleased to note that the work of theArchitectural Review Committee under Blair Trogner’s leadership is also focused onimproving access at the Center.

We plan to begin construction this spring on a new ADA-accessible walkway fromthe upper level to the lower level as part of theamphitheater project (see page 13). In addi-tion to accessibility improvements to ourgrounds, we hope to add an elevator to ourbuilding in the near future. It is vitally impor-tant that all people, regardless of theirabilities, have equal access to the Center andits programs.

This year will bring an abun-dance of exciting exhibits andprograms. Over the past coupledecades,National Geographic hassent photographer Joel Sartorearound the world to documentenvironmental issues through thelens of his camera, from grizzlies inthe Arctic to jaguars in the Boli-vian Amazon. Don’t miss theopportunity to see his extraordi-nary exhibit, “Fragile Nature,” which will run through June 13 in the Olewine Gallery,and meet him in person on April 30 and May 1. The work to acquire this exhibit andartist visit was an ambitious undertaking and would not have been possible withoutour sponsors and partners.

Later this year the Olewine Gallery also will host the work of another world-class tal-ent, Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy, who is considered bymany to be the best landartist of our time. His works are featured around the globe. Look for more on this in ournext issue, and a special thank you to Joel and SherryMallin for making this exhibit pos-sible. In September, the Center will offer a special tour of theMallins’ sculpture park andart barn, in Pound Ridge, N.Y., which includes some of Andy Goldsworthy’s extraordi-nary installations.

The Arts and Entertainment Committee is halfway through a dynamite season ofmusic, dance, theatre and film, while the Education Committee has been busy providingan array of programs to educate and inspire.We are moving forward onmany fronts,and humbly thank you for your continued support. We couldn’t do it without you.

To nature and the arts,Jerry ReganExecutive Director

Two of the world’s best are coming!

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NED SMITH CENTERFOR NATURE AND ART

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Gallery and Gift Shop Hours:Tues.–Sat., 10 a.m.–4 p.m.Office Hours:Mon.–Fri.,8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:Jerry Regan

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION:Jane Lahr

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION:Beth Sanders

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR:Ruth Allen

MARKETING COORDINATOR:Alexis Dow CampbellDEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR:

Michele HutchinsADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS:

Kathy Mull, Janet Shaffer,Dareene Titus

GIFT SHOP COORDINATORS:Elaine Bush, Lucinda Deitrich

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE:Marcus Schneck (Editor),Jerry Regan, Joe Lewin,

Scott Weidensaul,Alexis Dow Campbell

MAGAZINE DESIGN:Susquehanna Design & Printing

BOARD OF TRUSTEESPRESIDENT:

Blaine SteenslandFIRST VICE PRESIDENT:Steven Wilds

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT:James UlshTREASURER:

Mary JohnstonSECRETARY:

J. Bruce Walter

John BoothRobert BullockNatalie DeSoto

Pat FerrisRobert HallJeff HasteTodd Hoover

Dan HottensteinBruce HeggenstallerJohn D. LaskowskiKevin Laudenslager

Joe LewinC. Ted Lick

Rick McBrideGrace Milliman Pollock

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PROJECTPROGRESSAs of October 2009

BUILDING FUNDGoal: $3 million

($1,700,000) 56%ENDOWMENTGoal: $2 million

1% ($25,000)

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The Ned Smith Center would like to thank the Joel Sartore exhibit sponsors:

If your business is interested in earning tax credits while helping to underwrite the Ned Smith Center’seducation programs, please contact the Center’s director of education, Beth Sanders, at (717) 692-3699.

F E AT U R E S :

2 COVER STORY: Fragile NatureA new exhibit features works by NationalGeographic photographer Joel Sartore.

6 Gamut Theatre GroupFrom Shakespeare to children’s tales, thispartner of the Center presents classic stories innew and entertaining ways.

8 Ruffed GrouseThe decline in grouse population in recent yearshas prompted efforts to improve habitat.

10 Tracking the Saw-whetTiny geolocators help Center researchersunderstand the habits of this tiny owl.

13 Access for AllThe Center’s multi-phase building programpromises huge changes including handicapaccess and a state-of-the-art amphitheater.

NEWS AND NOTES :

12 Summer Camps

D E PA R TM E N T S :

14 Discovery Pages16 Coming Events18 From the Gift Shop21 From the Collection

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B Y M A R C U S S C H N E C KNational Geographic photographer

Joel Sartore’s work inspires an apprecia-tion of the natural world. The motivationdriving Sartore to produce that work caninspire fear.

“People will only save what theylove,” he explained. “They must firstunderstand that things exist. They don’teven know that endangered speciesexist. We’ve never been more cut off

from the natural world.”Sartore, whose work has been col-

lected into the exhibit, Fragile Nature, ondisplay in the Center’s Olewine Gallerythrough mid-June, fights against ourmodern disassociation from nature bytraveling to the most endangered spots,filled with the most endangered species,capturing them on film and bringingthem back to share with us all.

“I literally saw a species go extinct,” he

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said.Working on a story about creaturesabout to disappear, Sartore photographedone of the last two Columbia Basin pygmyrabbits fromWashington state. It was anaging female, well past her prime, as wasthe other last example of their species.

He said, “I stand before people as awitness with a collection of photos and astory to tell.”

That “witness” hasincluded first-hand experi-

ence with many species nearing the edgeof extinction, including the one he’s cur-rently most concerned about: the small,sunflower seed-sized, Salt Creek tigerbeetle. The final 200 remaining adultbeetles live near Sartore’s hometown, Lin-coln, Neb.

Whether the small beetle speciescontinues and the part we humans play

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Sartore Strives to ShareNational Geographic photographer hopes his images

Salt Creek tiger beetle

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‘Fragile Nature’bear witness to the Earth’s ills

Photos©JoelSartore/joelsartore.com

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in that outcome, he said, is “a test of howour society treats the least among us.”

Much of the Fragile Nature exhibit isfar more vivid and engaging than anaging rabbit or a small, rather plain bee-tle. Visitors to the exhibit will experienceeverything from a brown bear snagging asalmon as it leaps over a waterfall inAlaska to a sprawling housing develop-ment in California to macaws in flight inBolivia.

He hopes the photography will fosterunderstanding and appreciation of thenatural world, because “our very survivaldepends on it. Wemust have healthy,vibrant ecosystems to keep our air andwater clean.”

And, Sartore feels an urgency in thatmission. “The goal is to get people tocare while there is still time,” he said.

But much has already been lost. Forexample, crops are being hand-pollinatedby humans across a large swath of Chinabecause the bees have disappeared, he

noted. And, three-quarters of all freshwa-ter mussels are imperiled. They are our“aquatic ‘canaries in the coal mine,’ tellingus that the water is so polluted that theycan no longer live in it.”

He also pointed out that 7 billionhumans now live on Earth, and “we haveto begin talking about human overpopu-lation. The Earthjust can’t sustainthat many people.”

With scenarioslike those all aroundthe world, Sartoresaid, “I’m nevergoing to run out ofwork to do.”

However,“these are crisesthat can be averted,but people need torecognize the consequences of drivingother species into extinction.

“Is there hope? You bet, or I wouldn’t

do what I do. There have never been asmany green companies or as manyschool kids knowledgeable” about theenvironmental problems facing Earth.“Eventually something will catch on, andpeople will address that problem. Theywill solve something.”

In addition to his two decades withNational Geographic, Sartore has com-pleted assignments for Time, Life,Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and con-tributed to numerous book projects. Heand his work have been the subject ofseveral national broadcasts,includingNational Geographic’sExplorer, theNBC NightlyNews, NPR’sWeekend Edition,CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360and an hour-long PBS docu-mentary. He is also a regularcontributor on the CBS SundayMorning Showwith CharlesOsgood.

Among the green elementsin his personal life, Sartore is atrash-day picker, who salvagesreusable materials from thediscards of others.

“I have some of the best antiques inmy neighborhood, because someone wasthrowing them away,” like a 60-inch,cherry, roll-top desk, he explained.“Sending something to a landfill meanswe’ve failed to find a reuse for it.”

Keeping somany things out of thelandfill — both literally in his garbage dayadventures and figuratively in the imageshe captures of things about to fall by thewayside— is critical for Sartore.

Schneck is editor of The Drumming Log and author of more thantwo dozen books on various nature subjects.

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B Y A L E X I S D OW C AM P B E L LWhen Clark andMelissa Nicholson

began what would eventually becomeHarrisburg’s Gamut Theatre Group,home of Popcorn Hat Players Children’sTheatre and Harrisburg Shakespeare Fes-tival, they were hoping for a few years’respite from touring theatre.

“We were sick of touring, sick of liv-ing out of a truck,” said Gamut ArtisticDirector J. Clark Nicholson.

Clark grew up inMillersburg, butthe two of themmet while working atThe Lost Colony Outdoor Drama inManteo, N.C. After several years touringthe country in various children’s theatrecompanies, they came toMillersburg forThanksgiving. Clark, a South Carolinanative, was struck by the small town’scharm, and its proximity to the capitalcity of Harrisburg.

The couple decided to relocate toMillersburg and live in the house Melissagrew up in, and started a touring chil-dren’s theatre company that they decidedto call Popcorn Hat Players, a nameinspired by the Rootabaga Stories by CarlSandburg. They began writing scripts asfast as they could, and did a few tours inSouth Carolina, where Clark’s motherwas a teacher.

Clark andMelissa met with the

Greater Harrisburg Arts Council, inthe hopes of securing a space that

they could use as a “home base” for Pop-corn Hat Players. The then-president ofthe council, Janice Radocha, connectedthemwithMary Roth, former director oftenant relations at Strawberry Square.

“I’ll never forget it,” said Melissa.“[Mary] called during Bill Clinton’s inau-guration and asked us to come in andpick a space. “

Popcorn Hat officially opened itsdoors in March 1993, and lived in its firstspace, on the second floor of StrawberrySquare, for three years.

Meanwhile, an old friend fromLostColony, TommyHensel, had begun gradu-ate work at the Folger Shakespeare LibraryinWashington, D.C. He approachedClarkandMelissa aboutadding a Shake-speare componentto their company.

“The city [ofHarrisburg] hadjust refurbishedthe bandshell atReservoir Parkand was lookingfor new entertain-ment ideas,”Melissa explained.“They were very excited about the idea offree Shakespeare in Reservoir Park.”

Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival(HSF) officially opened with A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream in June 1994 andpresented Romeo and Juliet in September.

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Gamut�eatre GroupResident Company Spotlight

GamutHensel left the area in 1996, so Clark hadhis Shakespeare directing debut in sum-mer of 1996, with As You Like It,which,incidentally, will be presented in Reser-voir Park again this summer.

Eventually,HSFbegan adding indoorshows to its season in venues around thecity. In 1995, it performed Julius Caesar inthe historicHarrisburgResourceCenter, onThird Street, and in 1997, it performedHamlet in the statelyWaterworks Buildingon Front Street.

“It became very clear that we neededan indoor space that we could produceboth HSF and Popcorn Hat shows in,”says Melissa. “In 2000, we didMacbeth inour current space, and by 2001, it wasofficially ours.”

Another company milestone in 2001was the merging of Popcorn Hat Playersand Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival intoone company, Gamut Theatre Group,with one mission: to present classic sto-ries in new and entertaining ways. These“classic stories” include Popcorn HatPlayers’ kooky take on traditional fairytales and fables, and the Shakespeare pre-sented by HSF; as well as Greek classicslike Lysistrata and Iphigenia at Aulis; andmodern plays with classic themes, suchas George Herman’s A Company of Way-ward Saints, the story of a riffraffCommedia Dell’Arte troupe.

Under the Nicholsons’ leadership(Melissa is the executive director; Clark isthe artistic director), Gamut now employssix artist-managers (of which I was oneuntil my employment at the Ned SmithCenter), presents a full season of children’stheatre shows; teaches theatre classes forstudents ages 5-18; presents threemain-stage HSF shows per year (two indoor andone in Reservoir Park); and tours to ven-ues all over the state with both children’sshows as well as an educational outreach

production of a Shakespeare play. Theseare some busy folks.

In 2008, Gamut Theatre Group wasnamed one of the resident companies forthe Center's future amphitheater, alongwith Twin ValleyPlayers and Pennsyl-vania RegionalBallet. Prior to this,however, theNicholsons—specifically Clark—were veryinvolved in thedesign process forthe amphitheater.

“It was strange.I was walking thetrails at the Center,and I stopped at BG’s, a grocery store intown, onmyway home,” says Clark. “I raninto Ray Enders [of Twin Valley Players],and he said the Ned Smith Center washoping to build an amphitheater, and theyneeded someone for the committee whohad some experience in outdoor theatre,and invitedme to the next meeting.”

As longtime residents of Millersburg,the Nicholsons are excited about a part-nership with an organization in theirown community.

“We hope that the new amphitheaterwill become like ‘Gamut North,’ ” Melissasaid. “We will do a full run of Free Shake-speare in the Park and Popcorn Hatshows in the Amphitheater. This is ourcommunity; our daughter goes to schoolhere.We are excited to make a differencein the community where we live.”

“And,” Clark added, “I can’t wait torun a rehearsal and then take a walk onthe trails.”

Alexis Dow Campbell is marketing coordinator at the Center.She also pens the weekly “On The Go” column for the Patriot-News in Harrisburg.

(from left: Christina Closs as Myrrhine,Brenda C. Eppley as Lysistrata, Jehan

Whittaker as Kalonike in 2009’sLysistrata, directed by Karen Ruch)

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ecology, through the latter half of the1990s and into the early years of thiscentury, known as the AppalachianCooperative Grouse Research Project(ACGRP).

Based on that work, researchersrecommended increasing earlysuccessional forests as a meansto boosting grouse popula-tions. An earlysuccessional forest is a very young forest,filled with dense growth of shrubs andsaplings, such as a forest regeneratingafter a lumber cut or reverting areas for-merly under agricultural use.

Not coincidentally, early successionalforest is another element that has beendisappearing from northeastern states.Over the past 40 years, Pennsylvania haslost half of its early successional foresthabitat, which is important for manyspecies of birds in addition to grouse.

Cutting forest to generate new standsof early successional, while a critical ele-ment of grouse management, was not themost surprising detail to emerge fromthe ACGRP.

While ruffed grouse can be found inforested areas from Alaska, all acrossCanada and the northern United States,the real core of the species’ range liesaround the Great Lakes.

Pennsylvania falls mostly into anisolated extension of that range, south

along the AppalachianMountains to northernGeorgia. It’s an area whereruffed grouse need towork much harder tomake a living.

Theresearchers

of the ACGRPdetermined that

the grouse of theAppalachians must spend

more time and cover largerterritories to fulfill their nutri-

tional needs, are not as successfulin reproducing, and under more

threat from predators — both aerialhunters and nest raiders — than theirrelatives in Michigan, Minnesota andWisconsin.

In addition, they found that acornsare much more important to the grouseof the Appalachians. In years of abundantmast crops, they forage over smaller ter-ritories for shorter periods of time, withless exposure to predators and greatercapacity to build up their body fatreserves, which leads to better wintersurvival and more success in breeding,nesting and raising their broods.

That means that habitat improve-ment for grouse in much of Pennsylvania,and elsewhere along the Appalachianswill include not only the creation of earlysuccessional forests, but also efforts tomaintain and developmature oak standsable to produce bumper acorn crops.

The study also looked at the impactof hunting on grouse, by examiningnumbers on study sites before and afterthey were closed to hunting. However,hunting was not found to have a signifi-cant impact on annual survival rates ingrouse.In addition to serving as editor of The Drumming Log, Schneck isoutdoor and nature writer for The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa.

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B Y M A R C U S S C H N E C KSometime this year, the Pennsylvania

Game Commission expects to release forpublic comment a newmanagementplan for the Keystone State’s official birdsince 1931, the ruffed grouse (Bonasaumbellus).

That plan most certainly will beheavy on habitat, which biologists agreeis the primary means for influencinggrouse populations, which have beendown significantly in recent decadesacross much of Pennsylvania and othernortheastern states.

In recent years, the numbers ofgrouse hunters, the number of days theyspent hunting and the number of grouseharvested have all climbed a bit, but havenot approached their peaks from theearly 1980s, according to the Pennsyl-vania Game Commission’s annualgame-take survey.

That decline would saddenJohn James Audubon, who beganhis entry about the ruffed grouse

in Birds of America,with the following:“You are now presented, kind reader,

with a species of grouse, which, in myhumble opinion, far surpasses as an arti-cle of food every other land-bird whichwe have in the United States, except thewild turkey, when in good condition. Youmust not be surprised that I thus expressan opinion contradictory to that of ourEastern epicures, who greatly prefer theflesh of the pinnated grouse to that of thepresent species, for I have had abundantopportunity of knowing both. Perhaps,after all, the preference may depend upona peculiarity in my own taste; or I maygive the superiority to the Ruffed Grouse,

because it is as rarely met with inthe southern states, where Ihave chiefly resided, as thepinnated grouse is in theMiddle Districts; andwere the bon vivants ofour eastern cities to beoccasionally satiated withthe latter birds, as I havebeen, they might possiblythink their flesh as dry andflavourless as I do.”

The grouse declinealso led to a six-year,multi-state study ofruffed grouse

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Saving the Ruffed GrouseOur Next Steps

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long stalk that held the light sensor.Now wemust wait. Banders across

North America have been asked to watchfor tagged saw-whets starting next fall,and over the next several years we expectthat as many as 20 of those wearinggeolocators will be recaptured, and theunits returned to us so the data can bedownloaded.

From those daily positions, we hopeto learn a great deal about owl migrationroutes, about whether (as is suspected)saw-whets are unusually nomadic intheir breeding behavior, and how farsouth they winter. There are sure to bemany surprises.

While the banding crew was focusedon deploying the geolocators, the Cen-ter’s telemetry team— technician DrewWeber, back for his second year, alongwith research interns Hannah Panci fromWisconsin and Kim Romano fromGeor-gia — spent hundreds of hours, in allweather, radio-tracking saw-whets onSouthMountain in Cumberland County.

If the geolocators will tell us wheresaw-whets travel on a continental scale,the expanded telemetry project, in itssecond and final year, was designed togive us a much finer-scale view of theirmovements: how large a range a saw-whet uses from night to night, and whatkind of habitat is important to the little-known species.

It was a grueling schedule for Drew,Kim andHannah, who had to be in thewoods before sunset, working through thenight until after sunrise. It was cold, oftenwet, and the nights kept getting longer asthe days got shorter. Splitting up to sur-round the invisible bird, the three wouldtake regular radio bearings (usually every10minutes) all night long, allowing themto triangulate the position of the beeping

radio signal, thus pinpointing the locationof the owl as it flew and hunted.

The result? Incredibly detailed mapsthat show how these small nocturnalhunters use the forests of SouthMoun-tain. No one has ever tracked saw-whetsat this level of detail, and there have beenmany surprises, including the long dis-tances the owls often commute betweentheir roosts and hunting areas, and thesize of their hunting territories, whichmay encompass many hundreds of acres.A lot more landscape is needed to supporta saw-whet owl than anyone guessed.

All of this work— the geolocatorsand the telemetry project, as well as anexpansion of our owl education work,and the Center’s collaboration with Proj-ect Owlnet, an international umbrella ofowl researchers — was made possible bygrants from the RJM Foundation, whichhas been very supportive of the Center’sresearch program.

Our long-term banding work is sup-ported through the sale of owl adoptions.For more information, visit the Center’swebsite at www.nedsmithcenter.org.Weidensaul is research coordinator for the Center.

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Saw-whetInsights

Tiny Trackers ProvideResearchers with Big Details

B Y S C O T T W E I D E N S A U LWhen the Center’s research crew

releases a newly banded saw-whet owl,they know that there’s a good chance thatbird may be recaptured in years ahead.The information from that recoveryhelps us understand the flight paths ofthese mysterious owls, but it also leaves alot to guesswork.

But what if the owl could tell usexactly where it’s been for, say, the last twoyears? Now they can, thanks to a newclass of tiny tracking devices, which theCenter deployed last fall for the first time.

Known as light-sensitive geolocators,the gizmos convert light levels (and thusthe changing length of day and night)into latitude and longitude, recording

their positionevery day forup to twoyears. Origi-nallydesigned totrack themovements ofmarine mam-mals like seaelephants, thegeolocatorsare now smallenough foruse on birds.

Although they’ve been deployed onalbatrosses, terns, falcons and thrushes,this is the first time anyone’s used them on

owls, andso we worked

through thespring and summer

with the scientists at theBritish Antarctic Survey in England,which custom-built the devices to ourspecifications. Each geolocator had to bevery small and light—weighing about asmuch as a penny, and barely an inch long— yet be encased in a tough epoxy shell toprotect it from the sharp beak of an owl.

By the beginning of October, andthe start of our 13th season of owlresearch, we had the geolocators — nowwe just needed owls. We were expectingan average flight of about 450-500 saw-whets, but (probably because of poorweather) the numbers were disappoint-ing, and we caught only 377. Thanks toour dedicated crew of volunteer banders,though, we managed to fit 177 of theowls with geolocators, harnessed com-fortably with durable Teflon ribbon sothe unit sat in the middle of the bird’sback, hidden beneath its feathers. Allthat poked out was the tip of an inch-

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Fitted with a light-sensitive geolocator(inset), just the tip of which protrudes fromits feathers, a saw-whet owl is ready forrelease. The Center’s research crewdeployed almost 180 of the high-tech

devices this fall, the first time they’ve everbeen used to track the migration of owls.

A kaleidoscope of colors, this map shows the area nearKing's Gap State Park in Cumberland County over whichseven saw-whet owls ranged last fall, tracked by the

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Access forAllMulti-phase Building ProgramTo Bring Huge Changes

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Explore the world of nature and art at the Ned Smith Center’seducational summer camp programs. Camps are designedfor exploration through experience-based activities. Partici-pants must wear closed-toe shoes. Participants in full-daycamps must pack a bag lunch and extra water. Light snacksprovided. Unless noted, all camps will be at the Center.FEES (unless noted): One-Day Camps: $38/student ($34with member discount). Two-Day Camps: $60/student ($54with member discount). Beginning March 22, 2010, regis-trations will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. Fullpayment due upon registration. Visa, MC, personal checksand cash accepted. For information and to register, call BethSanders at 717-692-3699. Learn more at www.nedsmith-center.org.

Fishing for Families (ages 8-14) Sat.,June 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sponsored byNed Smith Center, Bass Pro Shops, DocFritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited, andthe Fish and Boat Commission. Topicsinclude conservation, aquatic insects, flytying, casting and gear, plus time forcasting instruction and fishing on theWiconisco Creek. Equipment provided.

Wear closed-toe shoes and long pants. Each child willreceive a spin cast reel and rod. $15/student ($12 withmember discount). Parents welcome to attend at no addi-tional cost.Wire Jewelry Workshop (ages 9-14) Tues., June 15, 9a.m.-4 p.m. Lindsay Bomcore and Beth Sanders will intro-duce techniques used to create unique jewelry. Using wire,beads, and baubles, participants will create one-of-a kindbracelets, pendants, and earrings.Super Heroes and Graphic Novelties (ages 9-14)Thurs., June 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fans of comic books,superheroes, and graphic novels will enjoy this campdesigned to explore these genres. Robert Campbell will givehands-on instruction in drawing action heroes, plus tips onpencil/ink techniques.Paper Iris Folding (ages 8-12) Tues., June 22, 9 a.m.-4p.m. Karen Lee Newman and Beth Sanders will teach aScandinavian paper folding technique that creates a designthat mimics a camera’s iris shutter. Using design patternssuch as a kite, tree, butterfly, or flower, we will make cardsand decorate memory boxes. Paper provided, but feel freeto bring some of your own.Pressed Flowers Projects (ages 9-12) Thurs., June 24,9 a.m.-4 a.m. Using preserved flowers, we will createbeautiful projects such as greeting cards, gift tags andbookmarks. Basic floral design concepts and some plant IDwill be studied. Bring a large metropolitan-area phone bookto use as a flower press.Rocks-R-Us (ages 8-12) Tues., June 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Judy Fasnacht and Beth Sanders will teach students aboutrocks and minerals through hands-on activities, group gamesand rock-hounding hikes. In addition to other projects, wewill make a rock ID book and add to our rock collections.

Percussion Instruments andFairy Wand Workshop (ages 6-12) Tues., July 13, 9 a.m.-4p.m. Join Karen Lee Newmanand Beth Sanders in creatingmusical instruments from house-hold items. Create percussionshakers, fairy wands, drums, andrain sticks decorated with burlap,leather and more. Camp con-cludes with a rhythm jam sessionand drum circle. Bring a variety of clean plastic jars with lids(coffee cans, peanut butter jars, spice jars, etc.).Felting Fibers and Juggling Balls (ages 9-12) Thurs.,July 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Join Lydia Piper and Beth Sandersto learn traditional wet felting of natural wool fibers to cre-ate beads and juggling balls, which will serve asaccessories to create key chains and jewelry. Participantsalso will be instructed on juggling.Paper Crafts (ages 8-14) Fri., July 16 & Fri. July 23, 9a.m.-4 p.m. Join Sue Shade, Bonnie Kabonick, and BethSanders for this two-day workshop on the art of papercrafts. Create handmade greeting cards, memory journalswith secret pouches and other projects. This two-day campsession will meet in separate weeks to allow drying timefor the projects.Creative Silence: The Art of Pantomime (ages 9-14)Tues. & Wed., July 20-21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Join BethSanders and the talented group Mime Veritas as we learnto tell a story by creative movements and gestures. Groupexercises and individual instruction will help participants actout ideas and express themselves through movement andfacial expressions.Drama Camp for Kids Please visit Twin Valley Players’website www.twinvalleyplayers.org for more information onthis exciting drama camp that includes theater, musicaltraining, dance movement and creative activities. Campheld at Halifax Area High School.Fiber Weaving & The Art of Crochet (ages 9-12)Wed.& Thurs., Aug. 11 & 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Join Lindsay Bom-core and Beth Sanders as we learn how to take a variety ofnatural fibers to create amazing projects. We will createseveral projects including a crocheted pocketbook, bag, orpouch. Great for beginners.Wildlife Drawing Techniques (ages 9-12) Tues., Aug.17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Explore the techniques of wildlife draw-ing with portrait illustrator Dana Bellis. Students will usegraphite and colored pencils and learn illustration tech-niques for animal and figure sketching. Beth Sanders willlead campers through the Center’s outdoor classroom asinspiration.Grandparent and Me: Lotions, Potions, and Slime!(ages 4-8 plus an adult. Grandparents especially welcome!)Thurs., Aug. 19, 12:30-4 p.m. Join Beth Sanders to com-bine unlikely ingredients to create projects such as bubbletubes and fountains of foam. Wear your messy play clothesfor a sloppy, but fun, learning experience. (We will provideaprons.) To help facilitate the shared learning experience,each adult is limited to bringing two children. $10/person($8 with member discount).

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2010SUMMERCAMPS

If you’ve visited the Center in the pastfewmonths, you’ve undoubtedly noticedthat some big changes are in the works.

Phase I has been completed, includ-ing a parking lot expansion and schoolbus turnaround. This was the first of aseries of improvements to the Center’sgrounds that will ultimately culminate inthe construction of a state-of-the-artamphitheater and provide a saferentrance and handicapped accessibility.

Phase II, also called the gatewayproject, will bring drastic improvementsto the Center’s entrance from Route 209ontoWater Company Road. It’s set tobegin as soon as the weather permits inearly April, creating a safer entrance tothe Center with a turning lane and arelocation ofWater Company Road. Italso will create a permanent base for theCenter’s electronic entrance sign.

Phase III is theBradenbaugh Hot-tenstein buildingwing, which willhouse our collectionof Ned Smith origi-nals, the recently-gifted Faye Arleenand Lawrence Joseph Kopp Collectionsof Butterflies andMoths, additional rest-rooms, classrooms, storage space for oureducation programs, a dining terrace anda long-awaited elevator. The upper levelof the building, which will house the artcollection and other exhibit and curator-ial supplies, will be climate-controlled toensure that our most essential physical

assets are stored properly.The Center still is seeking additional

funding to complete this project andexpects to begin construction this year.

Phase IV, as shown in the accompa-nying image, will create a handicappedwalkway from the upper level to thelower level and relocate the service road.It also will include a rain garden, whichwill serve as a storm water managementdemonstration site. The Center hasreceived bids for this phase and is work-ing out the final details, hoping to beginthis spring or summer.

And finally, Phase V will be theamphitheater proper, with seating for 300people. The Center already has securedcultural partnerships with Upper DauphinCounty’s favorite community theater, TwinValley Players; Harrisburg’s home of theclassic story, Gamut Theatre Group; andEnola’s contemporary ballet visionaries,Pennsylvania Regional Ballet.We look for-ward to hosting diverse and excitingperformances in this state-of-the-art venue.

The Center needs to raise a littleover than $1 million to finish the con-struction goal for this component.Contingent on successful completion ofour capital campaign, the projectedinaugural season for the amphitheater isbeing planned for summer 2011.

For updates on construction, and tofind out how you can be a part of thecapital campaign, visit the Center’s web-site at www.nedsmithcenter.org.

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oEight species of owls either live in Pennsyl-vania or visit the state in winter. They arethe barn owl, eastern screech-owl, greathorned owl, barred owl, long-eared owl,short-eared owl, northern saw-whet owl andsnowy owl. Look for books that have pic-tures of the owls found in Pennsylvania andchoose the one you like best.

oAn owl is a bird. Like you, birds arewarm-blooded,whichmeans their body temperaturealways remains about the same, regardless ofthe temperature of their surroundings.

oOwls are birds of prey. This means theyhunt and eat other animals called their prey.

oMost owls are nocturnal,which means theysleep during the day and are active at night.

oMost birds cannot see well enough at nightto find food, but owls have very keen sensesof sight and hearing and are excellent nighthunters.

oOwls have extremely flexible necks. With 14neck bones (double the number you have)and a swiveling bone structure at the base oftheir neck, they can turn their heads almost(but not completely) around. An owl canturn its head 270 degrees, and can see whomight be sneaking up from behind.

oOwls have four very powerful toes on eachof their two feet. Those toes have long,curved, sharp claws called talons.

oWhile the feathers on most birds aresmooth and glossy, owl feathers are soft andfluffy. Soft owl feathers help to mufflesound when they are flying, and the featherson the leading edge of an owl’s wing arefringed, which softens theflow of air and allowsowls to fly and glide intotal silence. The abilityto fly so quietly givesthe owl an incredibleadvantage when tryingto sneak up onand capture prey.

oHooting is the sound most associ-ated with owls, but differentspecies use many differentsounds to communicate. Whistles, screams,trills, barks, toots and squeals are just someof the sounds made by owls. An easternscreech-owl often sounds like a high-pitched whinny of a horse.

oBaby owls hatch from eggs and are calledowlets.

oLike all other birds, owls do not have teeth. Ifan owl’s prey is small enough, they will swal-low it whole— fur, bones, claws and feathers.About seven hours after an owl digests itsmeal, it coughs up a compact, round sausage-shaped pellet containing undigested fur,bones, claws and feathers of the prey it swal-lowed. By pulling apart a pellet, you can getclues about what an owl has eaten.

oThe circular pattern of feathers on an owl’sface is called the facial disc. The facial disccaptures and funnels sound into the owl’sear holes, which lie beneath the feathers, justas a TV satellite dish funnels broadcast sig-nals into its antenna.

oAn area where an animal naturally lives andgrows is called its habitat.An owl’s habitatmust provide food, water, shelter and spacefor them to survive and raise their young.

Sometimes people destroy wildlife habitat,which means wildlife must move to betterhabitat, or try to live on less space. Owls andpeople need healthy habitat in which togrow. It is important that we all find the del-icate balance between our use of land andthe need to preserve wildlife habitat.

Now that you have learned a bit about owls, youand your family will be able to make wise choicesabout protecting them and their habitats.

GOOD BOOKS ABOUT ANIMAL TRACKS:Select several of the books listed around the borderof the two pages to read with your child as togetheryou learn about owls. Field Guides are a great wayto become more familiar with owls and other birdsfound in Pennsylvania’s meadows and woodlandhabitats. Take the time to explore wild places in yourneighborhood and have fun learning about the fasci-nating owls that live in PA! An asterisk (*) denotesbooks that are available in the Ned Smith Center forNature and Art gift shop.

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It’s fun to go for awalk in the woods whenthe leaves have fallen offthe trees to look for placeswhere owls might nest.Owls don’t build nests.However, they may addsome nesting material to anexisting nest made by another ani-mal. Some species of owls will nest in holes foundin trees, while others will use abandoned crow orhawk nests. Sometimes an owl will even take overan unoccupied squirrel’s nest. While on your walk,can you find woodpecker holes and natural cavitiesin trees? What about old nests of large birds, suchas crows and hawks? If you were an owl, howeasy would it be to find a nesting place?

Using a few craft materials and pinecones,you can make a nest full of little owlets. Followthe directions below and have fun.

Materials Needed:o A pine cone (about 3 inches or longer)o White compressed craft foamo Wiggle eyes (or buttons)o Magic markers – brown and greyo Scissorso Pinking shears (if available)o Cotton balls or quilt battingo White craft glueo Small sticks (optional)o Dish (optional)

Directions:o To create the look of downy feathers of an

owlet, pull the cotton balls apart to form soft

fluffy pieces. Insert the small pieces of cottoninto the different layers of the pine cone petals.

o Using the patterns, tracethe beak, facial disc andfeet onto the craft foam.

oUsing scissors, cut out thebeak, facial disc, and feet.

oUsing pinking shears, cutalong the long edge of thetriangle shape of the feetto create talons.

o Using the markers, color the feet andbeak dark grey or brown.

o With the markers, use light stokes tocreate the illusion of brown and greyfeathers on the facial disc.

o Using glue, adhere the wiggle eyesonto the facial disc of the owlet; thenglue the facial disc with the wiggleeyes to the pine cone.

o Fold the beak in half. Using glue, adhere thebeak by inserting it below the facial disc.

o Using glue, adhere the feet to the base ofthe pinecone.

o Set the owlet upright on a paper towel todry for about an hour.

o To complete your project, repeat the processuntil you have made several little owlets.

Have fun making a nice display by arranging afew sticks in a bowl to resemble a nest andhuddle your newly created owlets inside thenest. Pretend to feed them lots of mice so thatthey grow big enough to become fledglings andfly away.

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Thursday, March 11, 7 p.m. OutdoorSurvival Skills. Carl Graybill, retired directorof information and education with the Pennsyl-vania Game Commission, will present aprogram on surviving in the outdoors, evenunder the most severe weather conditions.Learn how to build a fire under any condition,find and treat water that is safe to drink, pre-pare wild edibles, build a shelter, and more. Freeto members and children under 12, $3 otherwise.

Sunday, March 14, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.Ducks and Geese of theSusquehanna River. Join ScottBills, land management group supervi-sor with the Pennsylvania GameCommission, along the banks of theSusquehanna River at the old Millers-burg Gun Club (two miles west of theCenter at the mouth of Wiconisco

Creek) to learn about waterfowl and their sea-sonal migration patterns. Families, Scout groupsand individuals may stay a few minutes or hangout all day for the 15th annual Waterfowl Watchto observe ducks and geese migrating up theSusquehanna. The tradition continues with bird-ing experts on hand to help identify and countthe waterfowl. In past years, we have also spot-ted bald eagles fishing the chilly waters of theriver. Dress warmly. Binoculars, spotting scopes,a warm fire and refreshments will be provided.

Sunday, March 28, 3 p.m. KeystoneBrass Quintet at Hillside Christian Fel-lowship, 807 State St., Millersburg. Theensemble’s extensive repertoire is as varied asthe audiences for which they have performed:Renaissance and Baroque music from the 15thand 16th centuries, romantic melodies, Broadwayshow tunes, big band music, marches, opera andcontemporary literature. Several members of thegroup arrange and compose for the quintet. $15general admission, with member discount $12. Sponsored by KyleKauffman, Fred and AnneMeckley.

Thursday, April 8, 7 p.m. Exploring theSusquehanna River Trail. Brook Lenker,manager of education and outreach for thePennsylvania Department of Conservation andNatural Resources and a co-founder of theSusquehanna River Trail, will discuss the ameni-ties, attributes and significance of the 51-milewater trail extending from Sunbury to Harris-burg. The Susquehanna River Trail is the firstmodern water trail in the Chesapeake Baywatershed and one of a growing number of trailprojects in Pennsylvania and the nation. Free tomembers and children under 12, $3 otherwise.

Saturday, April 10, 10:30 a.m. PopcornHat Players presents Aesop’s Fables at theMillersburg Senior Center, 109 Edward Rd.,Millersburg. A delightful assortment of Aesop’sfamous fables, from “The BoyWho Cried Wolf” to “The Hareand the Tortoise” to “Honesty.”Children will laugh at the anticsof Aesop’s crazy characters andlearn some valuable lessonsalong the way. Parents, bringyour cameras for the Popcorn HatPlayers’ Dress Up Photo Area. $6 general admission.Download a coupon for one free admission from the Center’swebsite. Sponsor: Bradenbaugh-Hottenstein Foundation.

Thursday, April 22, 6:30-8:30p.m. Pennsylvania Game CommissionHunter-Trapper Education independentstudy test site. The course, required for all first-time hunters and trappers, is available toanyone age 11 or older as a home-studyclass. Following a quick review session, a testwill be administered to those registered stu-dents who have completed the course athome. Students and parents or guardians areencouraged to visit www.pgc.state.pa.us toview and register for the independent studyclass. Once registered, the student may studycourse material online or obtain a copy of a

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printed manual from the commission, which willbe available at the Center in advance of the test-ing date. Copies can be obtained by calling Bethat the Center. For questions about the class,contact Harold Daub, hunter education coordina-tor, at 717-362-8059. There are no fees charged for theclass or the manual.

Saturday, April 24 and May 1, 7:30a.m.–noon. Spring Bird Walks. Spring isan exceptional season for viewing migratingbirds. Join our experienced leaders for one orboth mornings to learn to identify birds in thefield. Beginning birders welcome. Binocularsprovided. Pre-registration suggested.

Friday, April 30, 6:30 p.m. An Eveningwith Joel Sartore at the Hilton Harrisburgand Towers, 1 N.Second St., Harris-burg. Join NationalGeographic pho-tographer JoelSartore for areception, program and silent auction. Tickets $25per person, $40 per couple.

Saturday, May 1, 10:30 a.m.-12:45p.m. Gallery Tours with Joel Sartore inhis spectacular photography exhibit, FragileNature. Normal gallery admission prices apply.

Saturday, May 8, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 12thAnnual Native Plant Sale. The Center hasteamed up with Meadowood Nursery for thisannual tradition, now one of the largest of itskind in central Pennsylvania, with more than150 species of native wildflowers, ferns,grasses, trees and shrubs, all chosen for theirbeauty, hardiness and wildlife value. Nativegardening experts will be on hand to answerquestions and help you select the right plants foryour gardens. All plants are nursery propagated.

Thursday, May 13, 7 p.m. Butter-flies on the Edge.Mark Swartz andVirginia Tilden, conservation biologists

with Penn State, will share informationabout butterflies, the current plight and the lat-est research into management strategies for theregal fritillary butterfly. The spectacular regal frit-illary butterfly was once common in the naturalgrasslands, pastures and wet meadows of the

northeastern United States, but today the onlyplace in the Northeast to witness its exuberantflight is Ft. Indiantown Gap, home to the Penn-sylvania National Guard. Free to members and childrenunder 12, $3 otherwise.

Tuesday, June 1 Youth Art Contest:North America’s Natural Beauty.To qualify for this year’s contest, stu-dent artists in grades 1-12 arereminded that all entries must bereceived or postmarked by June 1. Formore information about the contest rulesand an entry form, visit the Center’s website.

Thursday, June 10, 7 p.m. SpecialMoments Captured Through the Lensof a Camera. Joe Kosack, wildlife conserva-tion education specialist with the PennsylvaniaGame Commission, will lead a spectacular jour-ney through his exceptional photographicimages. Joe’s stunning images of the wildplaces he has visited will astound and educatein this energetic program by an internationallypublished photographer who has been writingabout and photographing Penn’s Woods formore than a quarter century. Free to members andchildren under 12, $3 otherwise.

Thursday, June 10, 7:30 p.m. NedSmith Night at Harrisburg Shake-speare Festival’s Free Shakespeare inthe Park. As You Like It in Reservoir Park in Har-risburg. Rosalind, the daughter of a banished duke,falls in love with Orlando at a wrestling match. Herusurping uncle, jealous of her popularity, banishesher from court. Disguised as a boy, she leaveswith her cousin Celia and the jester Touchstone, toseek out her father in the Forest of Arden. Hereshe meets Orlando again and, in the guise of ayoung man, counsels him in the art of love andwooing. Free admission, donations accepted.

Saturday, June 19, 5:30 p.m., 5thAnnual Music on the Riegle Deck withDianeWilson and the Dauphin CountyJazz Band. Bring a chair or blanket, yourfavorite beverage and enjoy live music under thestars in this annual tradition, featuring the musi-cal stylings of Diane Wilson and the DauphinCounty Jazz Band. Free admission. Sponsor: DauphinCounty Parks and Recreation.

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Our exciting lineup of springtime program-ming will help you break free of thosewinter blues. For additional information,contact the Center at 717-692-3699 or visitwww.nedsmithcenter.org.

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Give a Membership Gift!The mission ofthe Ned SmithCenter is tomerge the artsand the natural

world and foster a celebration ofboth. The Center offers gallery exhibits,education programs, performances andadventure afield for the sportsman, natureobserver and arts enthusiast. Learn moreabout the many benefits of membershipon the Center’s website at www.ned-smithcenter.org. Become a member orgive a membership as a gift by using theform at right, calling (717) 692-3699 orvisiting the website.

Creating a LegacyThe Ned Smith Center has many namingopportunities for you to honor loved ones.Name a Founders Tree for $1,000. Name atrail for $10,000. Our future Amphitheaterhas dozens of options. If you are interestedin honoring a loved one with a namingopportunity gift, please contact Jerry Reganat (717) 692-3699.

TRADITIONAL PRINT:Image Size 16"x 22"(A) Alert for danger, a ruffedgrouse eyes up a cluster ofgreenbrier berries on anautumn morning, in this stun-ning watercolor by Ned

Smith. Painted in 1978 as a pri-vate commission, and published

here for the first time, Greenbrier Grouseis one of the finest depictions of this greatAmerican gamebird, by one of America’smost accomplished nature artists. Thankyou to Joe and Jean McMillan for allow-ing us the use of this image.

(B) The Ned Smith Center will offer itsfifth annual President’s Circle EditionGiclee (oil on canvas) print of this excep-tional image. This special print edition willbe limited to 50 and highly sought after byany Ned Smith collector. The President’sCircle Edition Giclee will be matched tothe actual size of Ned’s original. A drift-wood frame style will be offered with atwo-inch linen liner with the choice of grayor wheat color. Members of the Centerwill be given the first opportunity to pur-chase one of these treasures on afirst-come basis while quantities last.

(C) Accompanying the print is the nextpatch in our Signature Series collection.This limited-edition, four-inch, circularembroidered patch matches the printimage of Greenbrier Grouse.

Greenbrier GrouseThe Ned Smith Center’s 2010 Fine Art Print

The Ned Smith Center for Nature and Artis pleased to announce the publication ofour annual fine art print by Ned Smith.

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Winter Colors: Audubon Limited-EditionNational Audubon Society Limited-Edition Print and Giclée: Thestillness of a frigid winter morning is broken by a flurry of wings around abackyard bird feeder, as purple finches, evening grosbeaks, cardinals andother commonwinter birds gather to feast on the bounty. This scene—afamiliar one in manywinter backyards— is captured inWinter Colors, anacrylic painting by nationally recognized wildlife artist, the late Ned Smith.TheNed Smith Center and the National Audubon Society have partnered to offerWinter Colors as a limited-edition print and giclée edition exclusively to members of the Ned Smith Center and theNational Audubon Society. The special edition is limited to only 950 prints and 75 giclées. Proceedswill benefit theconservation efforts of the National Audubon Society and the Center’s education programs.

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Greenbrier Grouse (preliminary drawing)Ned Smith, undated (1978), pencil

Although the finished watercolor of Greenbrier Grouse (see p. 18) was sent to his friends Joeand JeanMcMillan, who commissioned it, Ned Smith retained several of the preliminarydrawings, including small thumbnails and this more detailed drawing, in which he worked outthe final composition and design. In 2008 the center reunited both this drawing and the finishedpainting, as part of its Hidden Stories exhibit, and this year is pleased to offer Greenbrier Grouseas its 2010 fine art print.Proud Partner of the Ned Smith Center.