Partnering in the project were the Lehigh Valley Business Group, ESSA Bank, Cedar Crest College, Plantique, Wildlands Conservancy, Rodale, Air Products, LSI Corp, Thermo Fischer, BSA Troop 413 and several other groups.Ĭedar Crest College students, led by Biological Sciences Department head Dr. Phase 2 of the project will include more native plantings. "If I ever lose my vision, what would it be like?" What happens, says Carl Martin, the Wildlands Conservancy's director of property stewardship, is that visitors, to experience their surroundings, "start to use those other senses that often get ignored." What do they hear and feel?Ĭope said visitors also become more aware of the challenges that face those with impaired vision.
Some are blindfolded by bandanas, others wear vision impairment goggles to simulate the experiences of people who are blind or have low vision because of glaucoma or cataracts. Photos on the Wildlands Conservancy's Facebook page show a group of children recently walking the trail. It also will be used to highlight how vision loss can have an impact on a person's life. The Wildlands Conservancy and the area Center for Vision Loss will use the trail to educate students, teachers and parents about their senses of sight, sound, smell and touch. There is also a Seasonal Box, changed for fall, winter, spring and summer, where visitors can reach in and touch different items, whether acorns, a bird's nest or deer antlers. There, at that station, for example, visitors also can feel the tracks of a bear, coyote and wolf set in concrete. Sensory stations were added, with educational panels that are also in Braille, such as a station on predators. Volunteers cleared brush, ran ropes, painted and planted. In keeping with one of the Wildlands' tenants-to connect nature and communities-the trail was designed to create a safe place where nature could be made more accessible to a broader group of people. It became a reality this summer, thanks to the Wildlands Conservancy, scores of volunteers from businesses and Cedar Crest College and volunteer Devin Garcia from Troop 43, who earned his Boy Scouts Eagle Badge for work on the project. Inspired by that long-ago walk, Cope hoped that a similar trail could be developed in the Lehigh Valley. Months-long in the making, the trail was conceived by Lehigh Valley Business Group CEO and Founder Kevin Cope, who had been invigorated as a teen when he walked a sensory trail, blindfolded with a bandana, in western Pennsylvania. 27, at the sanctuary, 3701 Orchid Place, Lower Macungie. The trail will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. Wildlands Conservancy reserves the right to use discretion when issuing refunds.Guided by ropes along hilly terrain, visitors to a new nature trail at the Pool Wildlife Sanctuary can now learn about birds, insects, native plants and wildlife in new way-less by what they see, and more by what they hear, feel and smell.įittingly called the Sensory Trail, the new half-mile walking trail cuts atop the Wildlands Conservancy's Pool Wildlife Sanctuary in Lower Macungie and offers unique opportunities for learning and for stimulating the senses, while also meeting the needs of the region's visually impaired.
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Full refunds are given for any program Wildlands Conservancy cancels. There are no refunds issued for inclement weather. In the event of a medical emergency and/or participant illness, a pro-rated refund will be issued only upon written request accompanied by a physician’s statement. Additional changes to the reservation date will incur a $25 processing fee. A 25$ processing fee may be applied to some cancellations.
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If you cancel with less than 72 hours’ notice, your entire registration fee will be forfeited. Cancellations made within a week of the start date will receive a 25% refund. Cancellations made 8-20 days before the startĭate will receive a 50% refund. Cancellations made at least 3 weeks before the start date of the program will receive a full refund. – Payment is due in full at the time of registration, any exceptions must be approved by Wildlands Conservancy staff Brenner-Penfield Macungie Mountain Preserve.
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