Sep 18 2008
Smoky Tremont Institute - Family Adventures
At Smoky Tremont Institute learn some very interesting and knowledge building lessons that you can take home with you and apply in your personal woods or land right where you live.
Dad - Mom by bringing your children to the Smokies you’ll be doing them and yourself a great service. How?
By simply letting you as a family learn valuable ways to preserve beautiful resources here. You can use these lessons to make your community where you live more healthy within the natural preservation of trees and animals.
Much of natures beauty and natural resources are being destroyed by logging practices. Many of the tree cutters never consider the value of replanting for generations who will follow them. The trees need to be thinned. Dead stuff removed but only by responsible people.
Tremont Institute in the Smokies is a great place for the whole family to learn about their environment through workshops and programs. Taking you on hikes, teaches history past and present along with wildlife watching and training. You’ll learn about wild flowers and trees and lots more.
Dad your children will be proud letting them become a Junior Ranger. If they’re age 5-12 bring them to Cades Cove or any park visitor center for a $3.00 booklet which has activities for them to complete. Then come back to visitor center and talk to a ranger. They’ll receive their Junior Ranger Badge.