Eagle Lake Nature Programs continues the Junior Ranger series this week in addition to the regular evening program. On Thursday, July 14th at 10:00a.m. in the amphitheater at Eagle Lake the free youth-oriented series features the Eagle Lake boat patrol officers, CalFire firefighters and Smokey Bear!
Participants will be learning about safety in the forest and in the water. Kids are encouraged to bring cameras to get their picture taken with Smokey and the fire truck.
US Forest Service hydrologist, Shawn Wheelock is the featured presenter on Saturday, July 16th at 7:00 p.m. in the amphitheater at Eagle Lake.
Wheelock will speak about the water levels and what’s affecting them at this week’s Eagle Lake Nature Programs. “The landscape around Eagle Lake has a complicated story. Large scale alterations from volcanism, tectonics, and glacial processes have all played their part. While the basin is still evolving geologically, these changes are very slow (on human timescales). Small scale erosion from water and wind are mostly responsible for the changes we see in our lifetimes.”
Wheelock’s presentation begins with the large scale and continues to the small scale processes that have been integral to the evolution of the Eagle Lake basin. Finally, there will be a discussion of the present day hydrogeology of the Lake.
“Alkaline desert lakes which support large fisheries are fairly rare in the west.” Wheelock explains, “As well as being a hydrologic curiosity, it is also in a basin composed primarily of fractured basalt, which makes the hydrogeology fairly complex and, therefore, interesting.”
Campers and the local community are invited to attend both free events sponsored by the Eagle Lake Marina and Campgrounds. If you have questions about the program please email Annie Henriques at [email protected]
