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</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4023" style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3952" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3951" class="" style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:18.0pt">Friday, April 24: Melanie Choukas-Bradley Nature Walk
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</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4020" class="" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4019" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4018" class="" style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:18.0pt">Rock Creek Conservancy brings you more ways to Celebrate Rock Creek Park’s 125<sup id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4725" style="" class="">th</sup>
Anniversary <br></span></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4752" class="" style="mso-outline-level:1"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4019" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4018" class="" style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:18.0pt">with this special Spring Nature Walk starting at Boundary Bridge
near off Beach Drive </span></b></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3934" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3933" class="" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Join
Melanie Choukas-Bradley, naturalist and author of <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3932" style="" class="">A Year in Rock Creek
Park—the Wild, Wooded Heart of Washington, DC </i>for an Earth Day/Arbor
Day spring nature walk under the trees in the Boundary Bridge area of Rock
Creek Park. </span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3937" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3936" class="" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Melanie brings
her intelligence and passion to guided walks in the park sharing her wisdom
about trees and wildflowers growing along Rock Creek. Witness the fresh green
foliage of the newly leafed canopy, search for spring wildflowers and listen
for the return of the musical wood thrush, D.C.’s official bird. </span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3940" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3939" class="" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4052">Location</b>: Boundary Bridge parking lot, Beach Drive. Take East-West Highway (Route
410) east from Connecticut Avenue (a right-hand turn if driving north on
Connecticut from DC and a left-hand turn if driving south from the Beltway).
Take East-West Highway to Beach Drive and turn right (south) and drive to the
locked gate across Beach Drive at the District line. Park in the parking lot
just before the gate or along the road if the parking lot is full.</span><span class="" style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3942" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3941" class="" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4059">Bring</b>:
Water and snacks and/or a light lunch. Wear sunscreen and (optional) bug spray.
Bring binoculars if you wish. Note: there are no restrooms at the meeting
location or along the route. </span><span class="" style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3944" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_3943" class="" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>Trail</b>:
We will cover up to 2 ½ miles at a slow hiking pace with some elevation change
on hiking trails.</span><span class="" style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4347" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4346" class="" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trip
limited to 20 participants. <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4871" href="http://rockcreekconservancy.org/"></a></span><span class="" style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4063" style="" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4062" class="" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4061" style="" class="" href="http://publicevents.force.com/Public_Event_Signup_Page?cid=70170000000OJgs">REGISTER HERE </a></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4346" class="" style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">or go to <a style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4871" href="http://rockcreekconservancy.org/">rockcreekconservancy.org</a></span></div><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429563126910_4071" class="" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">(Check back for information about two additional 2015 hikes
with Melanie Choukas-Bradley on September 27th—the
125th anniversary of Rock Creek Park—and October 24th.)</span><span class="" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span>
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