The Environmental Nature Center’s Summer Nature Camp is a unique and fun-filled experience for kids that provides a kind of learning not found in the traditional classroom. With the help of the ENC’s need-based scholarship program every kid has a chance to experience all the fun adventures to be had at Summer Nature Camp. Scholarships…
Archives for March 2016
Local Wildlife with Sandrine Biziaux Scherson
A picture is worth a thousand words. Sandra Biziaux Scherson lives, breathes, eats, and sleeps photography. Nature and wildlife are her favorite subjects, and the world around her is her inspiration. Henri Carier-Bresson, the master of candid photography, once said, “To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting…
Children’s Drought Art will raise awareness
California officials have opened the spill gates at Folsom Lake, located in Northern California and let precious water spill into the American River as a precaution against–flooding! A series of El Niño-influenced storms in the month of March have made a significant dent on California’s severe drought. But don’t get too overly excited about watering…
ENC presenting “Drought” Youth Art Exhibit!
California is currently facing one of the most severe droughts on record. According to research California is probably headed into a deeper drought this summer, making it harder to escape in the future. One of the Environmental Nature Center’s core values is to maintain our commitment to the environment and the work necessary to convey…
Campers let their Imaginations Run Wild this Spring
Spring is in the air and the Environmental Nature Center is excited to present Spring Break Camp! As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth, to see the land as an animal does, and to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a…
The Dark Abyss of the Deep Blue Sea
Move aside space exploration, there’s a new frontier for humans to explore and that’s the dark abyss of the deep blue sea. But there is a reason why the deep sea has been largely unexplored. Dive down 650 feet and you will notice that light starts fading rapidly. Dive deeper and the temperature drops…