Sunday was a perfect day to commune with nature and thousands of people decided to do just that, descending upon the Environmental Learning Center for its 22nd annual EcoFest, enjoying a brisk but sunny afternoon wandering the diverse 64-acre campus.
As part of its Nature Rocks! theme, little ones were challenged to take part in a scavenger hunt among the winding trails to search for painted rocks and to also create some of their own.
Visitors enjoyed live music by the River Rats, numerous educational exhibits and interactive games, arts and crafts with an ecological twist, canoe trips through mangrove tunnels, the always popular Discovery Station Interactive Museum & Touch Tank, and the newly opened Mack Whiting Nature Playscape.
Photos by: Denise Ritchie
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- Molly Steinwald with Carol and Tim Buhl
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- ELC Ecofest
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- Dan and Amanda Kross with their children Preston, Logan, and Eva.
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- Luke Higgins with his father, Steve Higgins.
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- Julia Fonvielle
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- Mary Helen Moore shows a starfish to Hayes, Harper, and Megan Sutton
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- Genevieve Presti
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- Cheyenne Dong, Mary Helen Moore, Harper Sutton and Megan Sutton
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- Mary Helen Moore with Hayes Sutton, Harper Sutton, and Ewan MacPhee
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- ELC Ecofest
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- Arabella Hepler and Emma Hite
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- Amanda Kross with her daughter, Eva Kross
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- ELC Ecofest
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- Joey Schaffer, Arabella Hepler and Emma Hite
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- The River Rats
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- Eli and Remi Wunderlich
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- Torin Howle and George Henkel
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- Caitlin and Patrick Hoy with their son, Silas Hoy.
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- Kaitlynn, Makayla, and Darlene Rapp with Anne Sleeman
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- Kaitlynn Rapp
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- Luke Sammartino with a blue crab
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- Katie Nelson, Marty Nelson, Randy Nelson, and Jenny Nelson
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- Patrice Betz and Todd Giager from US Fish and Wildlife demonstrate radio telemetry equipment
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- Sam Girard
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- Aiden Burdick and Joseph Tomberg
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- Ian Moore with Nolan and Tyler Young
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- ELC Ecofest
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- ELC Ecofest
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- Callie and Bailey Headdy
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- Callie and Bailey Headdy
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- Callie and Bailey Headdy
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- Callie and Bailey Headdy
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- Callie and Bailey Headdy
