Junior Naturalists explored our environment from top to bottom
The kids enrolled in the the Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier’s Junior Naturalists Program this year had a blast exploring the environment from top to bottom.
Here are some of the kids and some of the places they visited in a summer’s worth of discovery!

Dynamic Decomposers – photographed at the Skunk Cabbage Boardwalk, Mount Revelstoke National Park – we are using scoop nets to search for aquatic invertebrates. Photo courtesy of Jaclyn O’Ryan/Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier

Giant Cedars – photographed at the Giant Cedars Boardwalk, Mount Revelstoke National Park – we learned about the importance of the cedar tree the west coast first nations people and how to identify a variety of other local plants. Photo courtesy of Jaclyn O’Ryan/Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier

Giant Cedars (2) - photographed at the Giant Cedars Boardwalk, Mount Revelstoke National Park – enjoying a change in perspective and trying to count all the different sounds they hear in the forest. Photo courtesy of Jaclyn O’Ryan/Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier

Into the Wild – photographed at the Summit of Mount Revelstoke – Elliot Wilson. Photo courtesy of Jaclyn O’Ryan/Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier

Into the Wild (2) – photographed at the Summit of Mount Revelstoke – Jordie Paterson. Photo courtesy of Jaclyn O’Ryan/Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier

Into the Wild (3) - photographed at the Summit of Mount Revelstoke at the fire tower – from left to right – Parker Aucoin, Arianna Morrone, Elliot Wilson, Jordie Paterson, Carlos Serrouya, Brodie Patry, Francesco Morrone. Photo courtesy of Jaclyn O’Ryan/Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier

Into the Wild (3) - photographed at the Summit of Mount Revelstoke at the fire tower – from left to right – Parker Aucoin, Arianna Morrone, Elliot Wilson, Jordie Paterson, Carlos Serrouya, Brodie Patry, Francesco Morrone. Photo courtesy of Jaclyn O’Ryan/Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier

Into the Wild (5) – photographed at Balsam Lake at the Summit of Mount Revelstoke – Jannica Hoskins, aboriginal educator, shared a beautiful morning song with the kids. Photo courtesy of Jaclyn O’Ryan/Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier

Into the Wild (6) – at the Summit of Mount Revelstoke – Nelson Luxmore, Alexandra Luxmore, Devon Gale, Josh Larsen, McKinley Buchanan, Nolan Gale, Alexis Larsen, Aislin Buchanan. Photo courtesy of Jaclyn O’Ryan/Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier

















Way to go Jackie and Friends! Looks like another amazing year of Junior Naturalists!! It is so inspiring to see so many future earth ambassadors learning about what “nature” and “wilderness” really are about!