by Heidi Braunreiter, KNPS Vice President & Jeff Nelson, KNPS President
From April 8th through the 10th, over 100 native plant enthusiasts came together to enjoy KNPS’ first, in-person, Wildflower Weekend since 2019. Although temperatures were cool and skies were damp at Natural Bridge SRP, spirits were high as folks dressed for the weather and enjoyed 14 different native plant walks led by an incredible group of expert botanists. Saturday night, a large group of KNPS members and friends met in the Woodland Center for presentations by Ted Brancheau, Nick Koenig, and the keynote speaker, Mike Homoya.
Wildflower Walks
Beginning at noon on Friday and ending Sunday morning, fourteen wildflower walks, led by some of the best botanists in the country, explored the amazing diversity of the plant communities in Natural Bridge SRP and the Red River Gorge. Here’s some shots from the walks.
Carolina Vetch (Vicia carolina)
Red trillium (Trillium erectum)
Search for sweet pinesap.
Sweet pinesap (Monotropsis odorata)
Striped wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)
Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
Bishop’s cap (Mitella diphylla)
Members & Friends Friday Evening Campfire
Woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata)
Trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens)
Downy serviceberry(Amelanchier arborea)
Lichen walk
Cranefly orchid (Tipularia discolor)
Long-spurred violet (Viola rostrata)
Rock Bridge Trail
Discussions about next year’s Wildflower Weekend 2023 are already happening. Dates and the location are not set yet, but be thinking about the first half of April as the general time-frame. If you have any thoughts about how the event could be made better, we would love to hear from you. If you would like to lead or co-lead a walk next year, let us know. KYPlants@knps.org.
The schedule is set and registration is now open for our first, in-person Wildflower Weekend since 2019. Wildflower Weekend, April 8th-10th, at Natural Bridge State Resort Park, will be a hybrid of in-person and online activities. Throughout the week prior to Wildflower Weekend, we will be hosting an online, week-long BotanyBlitz on iNaturalist from April 2nd-9th. To kick off the BotanyBlitz week there will be several iNaturalist Tutorial Hikes around the state on April 1st & 2nd.
It will be great to return to our roots at Natural Bridge State Resort Park with an in-person Wildflower Weekend. However, with COVID-19 still a concern and to reduce the crowds of people in the lobby of the Hemlock Lodge, registration for the weekend and the walks will be done online.
KNPS will still have staffed tables in the lobby of the Hemlock Lodge where you can meet old and new native plant friends, see the items that will be raffled off on Saturday night, purchase raffle tickets, and purchase some other native plant related items.
This event is open to the public and kid-friendly. Pre-registration is required for the event and the pre-registration form can be found on our website: Wildflower Weekend 2022 Registration. Admission is $10 for adults, $3 for ages 13-17, and free for ages 12 & under. All walks will meet at the entrance to the Hemlock lodge at Natural Bridge State Resort Park. State parks require masks when indoors.
Schedule of Events
Click here to download the full schedule in PDF format.
Friday, April 8th – Afternoon Walks
1:00 PMWildflower & Ecology Walk, Rock Bridge Loop Trail: 1.25 mile loop, moderately difficult walk. Join KY Nature Preserves botanists Heidi Braunreiter & Tony Romano on a trail that descends into a deep ravine with towering old-growth hemlock trees and a dense rhododendron understory. Scenic views of Creation Falls and Rock Bridge.
1:00 PM Woody Plants Walk, Boardwalk: easy, accessible walk. Join U.S. Forest Service botanist David Taylor and EKU graduate Ted Brancheau around the Hemlock Lodge and Woodland Center to learn about trees and shrubs.
2:30 PM Wildflower Walk, Original Trail:1-2 miles, moderately difficult walk.Walk with state park naturalist Samantha Evans and KY Nature Preserves botanist Rachel Cook to see what is blooming along the Original Trail, which leads up to the Natural Bridge Arch.
2:30 PM Lichen Walk, Rush Ridge Trail: 1-2 miles, easy walk. Join KY Nature Preserves lichenologist Kendall McDonald and botanist Devin Rodgers to learn about the anatomy, ecology, and reproduction of lichens along this flat ridgetop in the Red River Gorge. If you have a hands lens (aka jewelers loup) or magnifying lens handy, bring along for better viewing of these small organisms.
Friday, April 8th – Members & Friends Campfire Social
7:30pm Members & Friends Social, Natural Bridge SRP Group Campsite Join us around the fire pit to gather with fellow wildflower enthusiasts. Meet the KNPS board members & officers. Bring your own camp chairs. No alcohol allowed per state park. S’mores fixings will be provided!
Saturday, April 9th – Morning Walks
8:30 AM Bryophyte Walk, Boardwalk: easy, accessible walk. Walk with U.S. Forest Service botanist David Taylor around the Hemlock Lodge to learn about these interesting seedless plants including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts that have considerable diversity in form and ecology.
8:30 AM Wildflowers & Salamanders Walk, Suspension Bridge Trail: 1-2 miles, easy to moderately difficult walk. Join KY Nature Preserves ecologist Martina Hines, UK-LFUCG Arboretum curator Jess Slade, and botanist Steele McFadden to learn about wildflowers along this botanically diverse trail. Also, take a stop at the creek to look for salamanders!
9:00 AM Natural History Walk, Rock Bridge Trail: 1.25 mile loop, moderately difficult walk. Walk with David Kuehner, senior biologist James Kiser from Stantec Consulting, and KY Nature Preserves botanist Vanessa Voelker to learn about wildflowers, ferns, herps, and mosses on a trail that descends into a deep ravine with towering old-growth hemlock trees and a dense rhododendron understory. Scenic views of Creation Falls and Rock Bridge.
10:00 AM Naturalist Walk with a Focus on Wildflowers, The Wilds Trail: 1-2 miles, easy to moderately difficult walk. Join authors Dan & Judy Dourson on a walk through Punkin Hollow to look at all things nature. For a great plant guide of the area, check out their book “Wildflowers and Ferns of Red River Gorge and the Greater Red River Basin.”
10:00AMSearch for Sweet Pinesap, Gray’s Arch Trail: 1-2 miles, easy to moderately difficult walk.Join KY Nature Preserves Botanist Tara Littlefield and her daughter Estella on a search for the rare and elusive sweet pinesap, aka pygmy pipes (Monotropsis odorata). Wildflowers, shrubs, trees, and general ecology will also be discussed.
Saturday, April 9th – Afternoon Walks
1:00 PM ¡Despierta, Bosque! Un paseo primavera de polinizadores; 1-2 millas, caminata fácil a moderadamente difícil. Venga al bosque para una caminata bilingüe en español y ingles para aprender sobre las flores de la primavera y sus polinizadores, durante el tiempo del año cuando el bosque esta despertando del invierno. Las familias y la gente de todas las edades están bienvenidos. La Dra. Valerie Peters, quien estudia las polinizadores de KY y en Costa Rica, seria encargada de dirigir la caminata en español. La Dra. Jennifer Koslow, una ecóloga que estudia plantas en KY, estaría co-líder de la caminata, en Spanglish.
Wake up, Woods! A spring pollinator walk, Rock Garden Trail; 1-2 miles, easy to moderately difficult walk. Come take a bilingual (Spanish and English) walk in the woods to learn about spring wildflowers and their pollinators as the forest wakes up from its winter slumber. Families and people of all ages welcome. Dr. Valerie Peters, who studies pollinators in Kentucky and Costa Rica, will lead the walk in Spanish, while Dr. Jennifer Koslow, a plant ecologist who works in Kentucky, will assist in Spanglish.
1:30 PM Wildflower Walk, Whittleton Branch Trail: 1-2 miles, easy walk. Join U.S. Forest Service botanist David Taylor, KY Nature Preserves botanist Rachel Cook, and David Kuehner along this botanically diverse trail north of Whittleton Campground to see a dazzling display of spring ephemerals!
2:00 PM Natural History Walk, Rock Garden Trail: 1-2 miles, easy to moderately difficult walk. Walk with retired Indiana heritage botanist Mike Homoya, senior biologist James Kiser from Stantec Consulting, and KY Nature Preserves botanist Heidi Braunreiter to learn about wildflowers, ferns, herps, and mosses on the forested slope above the Hemlock Lodge.
2:30 PMPlant Identification 101 & Intro to iNaturalist Workshop, Woodland Center & Boardwalk: easy, accessible. Join University of Cambridge graduate student Nick Koenig to learn how to use the smartphone app iNaturalist to identify unknown plants, as well as how to identify plants using a key. Please bring a copy of Plant Life of Kentucky (if possible) and have iNaturalist downloaded onto your phone prior to this workshop. However, neither are mandatory to join, teaming up on a key and/or phone is encouraged!
Saturday Evening Talks at the Woodland Center
Masks are required indoors per state park guidelines. Chairs will be spaced out as a Covid-19 precaution. Books by author Mike Homoya will be available for purchase during this event.
6:30 Announcement of 2022 KNPS Grant Recipients,David Taylor
6:45 iNaturalist BotanyBlitz Results, Rachel Cook
6:55 Lilley Cornett Woods Revisited: A Half-Century of Overstory Change in an Old Growth Forest, Ted Brancheau, former EKU graduate student.
7:15 An Exploration into the Funky Fern World, Nick Koenig, graduate student at The University of Cambridge. The naming of fern species is a complicated process that has interesting histories. Nick will explore the ways in which taxonomists have gone about naming fern species, ongoing research investigating triplets of ferns, and how hybridization has led to interesting morphological relationships.
7:35 Rare Plants and Natural Communities along the Ohio River, from Cincinnati to the Mississippi River, Mike Homoya is a recently retired botanist and plant ecologist who worked for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Program since 1982. He discovered, inventoried, and assessed natural communities and surveyed for rare species. He shared his knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm about plants by authoring several books, teaching at the collegiate level, and serving as president of professional science associations.
8:35 Raffle Drawing
9:00 PM Nighttime Salamander Walk to Natural Bridge Cave. Join Senior Biologist James Kiser from Stantec Consulting to search for salamanders at the Natural Bridge Cave. Bring a headlamp or flashlight
Have you ever struggled to identify plants seen on hikes, or wished for an expert’s opinion on identifying a wildflower? The iNaturalist platform and mobile app is a great tool for connecting nature enthusiasts and sharing knowledge, and is a social network used by both amateur naturalists and professional biologists around the world. The app uses AI technology to offer identification suggestions based on your photos, and other users can help determine if that ID is correct. Observations made on iNaturalist not only help you learn more about the natural world around you, they can be useful to ecological research, conservation efforts, and natural resource management.
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To educate the public about iNaturalist and to promote the KNPS Wildflower Week BotanyBlitz iNaturalist Project (April 2nd-April 9th), several tutorial hikes will be led by experienced iNaturalist users across the state. These hikes will be geared towards beginner iNaturalist users and will teach you how to make observations and navigate the app. Please make sure to download the iNaturalist app to your mobile phone and create an iNaturalist user account before attending the hike!
Friday, April 1st:
These hikes have their own separate registration. Follow the link or email the address at the end of the hike description to register.
4:00 PM EDT Taylor Fork Ecological Station, Richmond KY: Easy walk on grass trails. Kickoff the iNaturalist tutorial hikes and KNPS BotanyBlitz with Eastern Kentucky University Division of Natural Areas staff on a spring walk through this wildlife management area. Meet and Park at the Taylor Fork Ecological Station parking area (1 Hancock Taylor Ln, Richmond, KY 40475).
3:00 PM EDT Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, Lexington KY: 1 miles, easy to moderate walk. Join staff of Raven Run and Floracliff nature sanctuaries for this hands-on demonstration using iNaturalist in the field at Raven Run. In addition to exploring the basics of iNaturalist, there will be information on the City Nature challenge. Park at the Raven Run parking lot and meet at the Raven Run Visitor’s center (3885 Raven Run Wy, Lexington, KY 40515).
Saturday, April 2nd:
10:00 AM EDT Ashland-The Henry Clay Estate, Lexington KY: 0.5 miles, easy walk. Join Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves Botanist, Heidi Braunreiter, on a walk through the mulched pathways of the Henry Clay Estate. Park in the Estate parking lot and meet at the Gingko Tree Café (120 Sycamore Rd, Lexington, KY 40502). For those interested, stick around after the walk to help pull wintercreeper surrounding the rare Running Buffalo Clover populations.
10:00 AM CDT Cedar Sink Trail, Mammoth Cave National Park, Park City KY: 2 miles, easy walk, out and back trail. Learn with Mammoth Cave naturalists Steve Kistler, Janet Kistler, and Carol Friedman on this trail with a wide variety of spring wildflowers and impressive rock formations. Park and meet at the Cedar Sink Trail Parking Lot (Park Boundary Rd, Brownsville, KY 42210).
10:00 AM EDT Eagle Scout Trail, Nancy KY: 2.8 miles, moderate walk, out and back trail. Walk with Tyler Adams, amateur naturalist, through a gently sloping trail along Lake Cumberland. Park and meet at the Eagle Scout Trailhead parking area (Cr-1493N, Nancy, KY 42544).
10:00 AM CDT Greenway Trail-Disc Golf Course, Stuart Nelson Park, Paducah KY: 0.5 miles easy walk. Join Kentucky Native Plant Society board member Jeff Nelson and OKNP volunteer Bob Dunlap on an easy hike around a beautiful park in heart of Paducah. Park in the parking lot and meet at the west end of the park, where the Greenway Trail enters the Disc Golf Course (175 Stuart Nelson Park Rd Paducah KY 42001).
8:00 AM CDT Hematite Lake Trail, Land Between the Lakes (LBL) National Recreation Area, Eddyville KY: 2.5 miles, easy walk, loop trail. Walk with Murray State graduate student Gage Barnes along the banks of Hematite Lake and see a mix of woodland and aquatic loving plant species. Meet and park at the Hematite Lake Trailhead (Forest Service Rd 176 Eddyville, KY 42038).
10:00 AM EDT Pine Creek Barrens Nature Preserve, Shepherdsville KY: 1.5 miles, easy loop trail. Join Kentucky Native Plant society member Alan Abbott on a spring barrens walk through the preserve, just a short drive from Louisville, KY. Meet and park in the Pine Creek Barrens parking area (1264 Pine Creek Trail, Shepherdsville, KY 40165).
10:00 AM EDT Sky Bridge Loop Trail, Red River Gorge, Pine Ridge KY: 1.3 miles, easy walk, loop trail. Take a walk with naturalist Barbara Graham on this forested arch trail where filmy fern is a star attraction and learn about fire-dependent ridge top plants. Park and meet at the Skybridge Parking area (end of Sky Bridge Rd, Pine Ridge, KY 41360).
10:00 AM EDT St. Anne Woods and Wetlands, Melbourne KY: 0.7 miles, easy walk, loop trail. Join Northern Kentucky University professor, Dr. Maggie Whitson, and Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves botanists Vanessa Voelker and Kendall McDonald, on this walk through the wetlands and floodplain of the Ohio River. Trails may be muddy, so choose footwear accordingly. Park and meet at the St. Anne Convent visitor parking lot (off Mary Ingles Hwy, Melbourne, KY 41059).
2:00 PM EDT Lilley Cornett Woods Appalachian Ecological Research Center, Hallie KY: Easy walk. Learn with Eastern Kentucky University Division of Natural Areas staff on a spring walk through one of Kentucky’s old growth forests as a part of LCW’s Wildflower Weekend. Meet and Park at the Lilley Cornett Woods Visitor Center (91 Lilley Cornett Branch, Hallie, Kentucky 4182).
10:00 AM & 1:00 PM EDT Red Maple and White Oak Trails, Louisville Nature Center, Louisville KY: Learn all about iNaturalist with Louisville Nature Center staff in this natural area without ever leaving the city. There will be 2 walks, limited to 10 participants per walk. Meet and park at the Louisville Nature center (3745 Illinois Ave, 40212). The walks will cost $15 for non-members of the Louisville Nature Center.
In 20 days, naturalists and botanizers across the Commonwealth of Kentucky will be participating in BotanyBlitz 2022, held in conjunction with Wildflower Weekend 2022. This is the second year we’ll be holding our week-long BotanyBlitz, which is an effort to document as many plant species as possible within Kentucky between April 2-9. As it was last year, the BotanyBlitz will be hosted on the community science website, iNaturalist, and participants will be using the iNaturalist mobile app and website to upload photos of budding and blooming plants they observe in local parks, state parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and nature preserves.
A BotanyBlitz is community-science event that focuses on finding and identifying as many plant species We encourage anyone interested to sign up for an iNaturalist account if you’re not already a user, and join the BotanyBlitz project (just click “Join” in the top right corner of the project page), and download the mobile app for iPhone or Android. But of course, you don’t need to wait till the BotanyBlitz to start making observations on iNaturalist, and wildflowers across Kentucky are already starting to show their stuff. Let’s take a look at how the wildflower situation is shaping up thus far.
In Kentucky on iNaturalist, the first three blooming native wildflowers this year were Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) and Purple Cress (Cardamine douglassii)!
In first place, a startlingly early Spring Beauty was spotted by @gage_barnes at the Hancock Biological Station the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, December 31. Although this observation technically occurred in 2021, we’re counting it as a 2022 sighting since it was made a mere 9 hours prior to the new year.
A New Year’s Eve Spring Beauty, perfectly happy to show up early to the party, observed by @gage_barnes
In second place, another Spring Beauty was again spotted at the Hancock Biological Station, this time on January 31 by @fhincks.
Another Spring Beauty in the chilly days of late January, observed by @fhinks
Purple Cress finally making an appearance, observed by @ky2c2t
As the days continue to warm up, we’re seeing more obervations of both Spring Beauty and Purple Cress, as well as the aptly named Harbinger of Spring (Erigenia bulbosa), a hint of Snow Trillium (Trillium nivale), Hepaticas (Hepatica acutiloba and H. americana), Bluets (Houstonia pusilla and H. caerulea), and Virginia Saxifrage (Micranthes virginiensis), as well as a variety non-native (but still cute!) annual weeds. It’s just a matter of time before the rest of Kentucky’s spring wildflowers start to erupt out of the soil, so keep those observations coming and join us April 2-9 for a week of intensive wildflower-spotting!
Join us April 2nd at 11am EDT as we pull winter-creeper from populations of running buffalo clover at Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate in Lexington following the iNaturalist tutorial hike. To learn more about running buffalo clover, click here. You do not need to partake in the iNaturalist tutorial hike to help pull winter creeper, but you are welcome to! Bring a knee pad and gardening gloves if you have them. We will meet next to the Gingko Cafe. If you wish to join in, please email Heidi Braunreiter, heidi.braunreiter@ky.gov.
For over 30 years the Kentucky Native Plant Society, in partnership with Natural Bridge State Resort Park, has held a Wildflower Weekend at the park, offering wildflower hikes, as well as evening presentations. In 2020, due to COVID-19, we were forced to cancel Wildflower Weekend for the first time ever. Last year, with the pandemic still disrupting in-person activities, we all participated in a virtual Wildflower Week.
This year we are incredibly excited to be going back to an in-person Wildflower Weekend, April 8th-10th at Natural Bridge State Resort Park. This year’s Wildflower Week will be a hybrid of in-person and online activities. The week prior to Wildflower Weekend, we will be hosting an online, week-long BotanyBlitz on iNaturalist from April 2nd-9th.
Wildflower Weekend 2022 at Natural Bridge SRP
KNPS’ 2022 Wildflower Weekend is scheduled for April 8, 9, & 10. The weekend will offer wildflower hikes Friday and Saturday, led by some of the best botanists in the state. These hikes will explore the region’s rich natural history and resources in the state park and the Red River Gorge. Friday evening there will be a campfire social gathering at the group campsite near the Middle Fork Campground to meet your fellow native plant enthusiasts. Our Saturday night the keynote speaker will be Mike Homoya, former Indiana State Botanist/Plant Ecologist and author of numerous excellent botanical field guides. His presentation is titled, “Rare Plant and Natural Communities along the Ohio River, from Cincinnati to the Mississippi River.”
We are still in the process of lining up folks for the wildflower hikes. We are also looking for folks to help the hike leaders so that we can allow for more people on each hike. If you are interested in leading or helping on a hike, please send us an email at WildflowerWeekend2022@knps.org.
This event is open to the public and kid-friendly. Admission is $10 for adults, $3 for ages 13-17, and free for ages 12 & under.
As COVID-19 will still be a concern, we will be making every effort to minimize potential exposure for everyone:
Pre-registration: attendees will be able pre-register for the event as well as the guided hikes. This will better help us make arrangements for social distancing, as well as reduce crowding at hikes. Pre-registration will be opened online several weeks before Wildflower Weekend. Members of KNPS will be allowed to register before the registration is opened to the general public.
Meet-up locations for hikes: each hike will have a separate designated meeting point outside of the lodge, and we ask that everyone head straight to those outdoor locations rather than congregating together in the lodge lobby.
Social distancing: as much as possible, we will keep our group interactions outdoors. However for the Saturday evening presentations in the Woodland Center, we will reduce the number of chairs and spread them out so folks can easily socially distance.
Masks: in all cases, we will abide by the public health rules of our host, Natural Bridge SRP. To that end, we request that folks wear masks when indoors.
We appreciate your help in keeping this event as safe as it can be!
BotanyBlitz 2022 on iNaturalist
Leading up to Wildflower Weekend will be our week long BotanyBlitz, which will run from Saturday, April 2, through Saturday, April 9, and be hosted on the iNaturalist website. A BotanyBlitz is a community-science event that focuses on finding and identifying as many plant species as possible within a designated location and time period. At the end of the week, the observations of all participants will be tallied and awards given for Most Species Observed and Most Observations.
Beginning on Saturday, April 2, we are encouraging everyone to visit parks and natural areas throughout the Commonwealth, to find and photograph native plants (with an emphasis on those in bloom), and upload them to our BotanyBlitz project. Expert botanists and people with a keen identifying eye will be watching the observations roll in and can help with ID tips and tricks, so if you love wildflowers but aren’t always sure how to identify them, this project is definitely for you!
If you are interested in participating in this community science project but are unfamiliar with iNaturalist, we can help. On Saturday, April 2, at the beginning of the KNPS Wildflower Week BotanyBlitz, several iNaturalist tutorial hikes will be held at parks across Kentucky. These hikes will be lead by local botanizers who are also experienced iNaturalist users, who will demonstrate the basics of the app. Groups will then set out on an easy nature walk to practice uploading iNat observations, troubleshoot questions when possible, and of course, admire the wildflowers. We will open registration for these walks in early March. Members of KNPS will be allowed to register before the registration is opened to the general public. In the meantime, make sure to download the iNaturalist app and create a user account!
We have set up a page for Wildflower Weekend 2022 & BotanyBlitz 2022 where we will post the most current information about the events over the next several weeks. Be sure to visit the page and bookmark it!
If you have any questions about Wildflower Weekend or the BotanyBlitz, send us an email at WildflowerWeekend2022@knps.org Hope to see you in April.
Kick-off BotanyBlitz with an iNaturalist Tutorial Hike!
Have you ever struggled to identify plants outdoors or ever wanted a second opinion? The phone app iNaturalist is a great tool for all levels of plant and nature enthusiasts! It is an online social network for amateur naturalists and professional biologists around the world. Posts of plant photos, also known as observations, made on iNaturalist are not only informative for you, but for many professional biologists who use this app to track plant and animal species. The app will suggest plant identifications based on your photos and other users can help determine if that ID is correct.
As a lead-up to KNPS’s Wildflower Weekend and the 2022 BotanyBlitz, there will be kickoff tutorials at Taylor Fork Natural Area and Raven Run Nature Sanctuary on April 1st, followed by a number of iNaturalist tutorial hikes held across the state on Saturday, April 2nd. These tutorial hikes will led by experienced iNaturalist users. The hikes will be geared towards beginner iNaturalist users and will teach you how to make observations and navigate the app. You will need to have the app iNaturalist downloaded to your phone and an account created beforehand in order to participate and learn. Hikes will vary in length from 0.5 mile to 3 miles.
We will be asking folks to register for the hikes so hike leaders will know how many participants to expect. As we are still in the process of setting up the hikes, registration will open in early March and will be announced in the March Lady Slipper.
Sky Bridge Loop Trail, Red River Gorge, Pine Ridge KY
Barbara Graham
St. Anne Woods and Wetlands, Melbourne KY
Dr. Maggie Whitson, Kendall McDonald, and Vanessa Voelker
lf you are already an experienced iNaturalist user and are interested in leading a tutorial hike in your area, please contact: WildflowerWeekend2022@knps.org.
