{"id":10004,"date":"2024-02-01T16:25:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/?page_id=10004"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T16:05:55","slug":"explore-vernal-pools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/waldo\/4h\/community-science-explorers\/explore-vernal-pools\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Vernal Pools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> April 15, 2025<br \/>\n<strong>Time:\u00a0<\/strong>3:30-5:00 pm<br \/>\n<strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Belfast Free Library, Abbott Room on the ground floor<\/p>\n<p>Explore Vernal Pools and Maine \u201cBig Night\u201d with Gabrielle Brodek, 4-H Professional, University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Washington County.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Join us in exploring one of the most spectacular signs of spring\u2026 vernal pools! Seasonal spring pools are essential for the wellness of many critters and the forest ecosystem, but as the name implies, they are not here for long. Youth will build a model of a vernal pool to discover how these pools develop over time and play a game to learn what outside factors influence these sensitive ecosystems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information or a reasonable accommodation, please contact Karen Giles at the Waldo County UMaine Extension office at 207.342.5971 or <a href=\"mailto:karen.giles@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">karen.giles@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Explore Other 2025 &#8220;Community Science Explorers&#8221; Offerings<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">(Click on linked caption to proceed to page.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 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