BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-123@dukeforest.duke.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T120000 DTSTAMP:20250314T182402Z URL:https://dukeforest.duke.edu/events/2025-flora-and-fauna-tour/ SUMMARY:2025 Flora and Fauna Tour DESCRIPTION:Discover the native plants and animals of the Duke Forest.\n\nJ oin the Duke Forest for our annual Flora and Fauna tour\, led jointly by D uke Forest Executive Director Sara Childs and Dr. Nicki Cagle from Duke Un iversity’s Nicholas School of the Environment. Tour participants will sp end the morning hike along the forested slopes and rocky New Hope Creek ba nks tucked within the Korstian Division. Under Nicki and Sara’s guidance \, you will discover some of the many species that call the Duke Forest ho me\, find what’s in bloom\, and learn a few plant- and animal-identifica tion how to’s along the way. We hope you’ll join us!\n\nAudience: Thi s tour is geared toward adult audiences (ages 18+). Any minors interested in participating must have a parent or guardian present and have an acti ve interest in the subject.\n\nAccessibility:\n\n Tour participants will be on their feet throughout this 3-hour tour\, walking and standing during short presentations.\n The tour will include an approximately 1-mile loo p hike on gravel roads and unpaved\, dirt foot trails. Some stretches of t he hike include uphill and downhill sections and rocky\, uneven ground sur faces alongside New Hope Creek. We invite participants to bring trekking p oles or a walking stick if needed.\n There are NO BATHROOMS in the tour a rea\, so please plan accordingly.\n Parking is available and will be dire cted by Duke Forest staff.\n Our registration form includes a question wh ere you can share details about any accessibility needs you may have. If y ou have accessibility considerations that you would like to make our staff aware of\, please let us know.\n\nJoin the waitlist\n \;\nSpace is li mited to 25 participants. In an effort to increase the reach of our tours\ , the first 10 tour slots will be first-come\, first-served\, and the rema ining slots will be filled from a waitlist. Our tours are small and often fill quickly\, and we hope to engage a mix of folks new to the Duke Forest and past participants. Thank you for your understanding.\n \nFull event details—including location and parking directions—will be sent to regi stered tour participants a week prior to the event.\n\n \;\n\n \;\ n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dukeforest.duke.edu/files/2024/04/Demons trating-a-Toad-DSC08073_small-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR