Take a Path to a Healthier You on National Trails Day!

Saturday, June 4, 2005 is National Trails Day and Houston Wilderness sites are hosting volunteer trail work, guided birding walks, a wild edible plants walk, tree and plant identification tours, healthy-living information booths, and more.

Established in 1993, National Trails Day was created to bring greater awareness of the benefits and healthy pleasures that trails offer, as well as to show appreciation to agencies and businesses that develop and maintain trails. The goal of this year’s theme, “Take a Path to a Healthier You,” is to inform the public of the many health benefits of hitting the trails.

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Harris County Precinct 4 Parks:

Burroughs Park, 9738 Hufsmith Road (Tomball)

Burroughs Bird Walk, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Birdwatchers of all experience levels can participate in a staff-guided bird walk in search of the many species of birds that make Burroughs Park their home.

Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center, 20634 Kenswick Drive (Humble)

Breakfast with the Birds, 7:45 a.m.
Birders of all experience levels can join in an “early bird” walk in search of many different species that make Jones Park home. Please call Jones Park, (281) 446-8588, to make reservations to attend this program.

Texas Master Naturalist, Gulf Coast Chapter,9 a.m. to noon
Texas Master Naturalists, Terri and Alan Ficker, will be on hand to discuss the Texas Master Naturalist program. They will also share information on the many activities and volunteer opportunities offered at the park throughout the year.

Wild Edible Walk, 10 a.m.
Staff naturalist Anita Howlett takes visitors on a short nature walk and teaches how to identify the more common species of edible plants.

Information on Jones Park’s new Adopt-A-Trail project will be available in the nature center. This volunteer program is open to all interested groups and focuses on removing invasive plants, and conducting routine trail maintenance of the Park’s five-mile trail system.

The Sierra Club will be on hand with literature on the many hiking opportunities in and around Houston/Harris County.

Little Cypress Creek Preserve, Telge Road at Spring Cypress Road (Cypress)

Walk on the Wild Side, 10 a.m. to noon
Volunteer Master Naturalists lead amphibian, birding, butterfly, native tree, and plant identification tours. Visitors will get a glimpse of rare sundew flowers recently discovered at the Preserve. Groups of five or more require reservations. Please call Jenni