Tree ID
This tree produces acorns and has species such as red, white, and live varieties.
What is oak?
Alabama has 332 species of this, including shad, darter, and bass.
What are fish?
She wrote Silent Spring, a book credited with launching the modern environmental movement.
Who is (Rachel) Carson?
A day in which long-distance hikers cover no distance.
What is a "zero" day?
This park is known for its beautiful beaches.
What is Gulf State Park?
This tree, sometimes called a Giant Redwood because of its red bark, grow in California and are big enough to have tunnels that people can walk or drive through.
What is sequoia?
Alabama has approx. 70 species of amphibians, 40 salamander species, and 30 species of this including greenhouse, bull, and tree varieties.
What are frogs?
In this book, Aldo Leopold explores the concept of a "land ethic."
What is A Sand County Almanac?
A form of camping involving accommodation and facilities more luxurious than those associated with traditional camping.
What is glamping?
This Alabama state park is home to the highest point in the state.
Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are categorized as this term, which comes from the Latin word decidere meaning to fall down.
What is deciduous?
It is estimated that 178 species of this wildlife breed in Alabama, 174 species winter here, and 80 species migrate through.
What are birds?
In this book, Robin Wall Kimmerer blends Indigenous knowledge with botany.
What is Braiding Sweetgrass?
Unexpected kindness or gifts from strangers while long distance hiking.
What is trail magic?
Monte Sano State Park near this Alabama "rocket city," includes a planetarium beside the campground.
What is Huntsville?
This tree species is known for its fan-shaped leaves and has been around since the time of dinosaurs.
What is a ginkgo?
Of the 62 native mammals in Alabama, 16 are this type, including the silver-haired, tri-colored, and the endangered gray.
What are bats?
In this Dr. Seuess book, the title character speaks for the trees.
Who is/what is The Lorax?
A person who lives an ultra-minimalist lifestyle so they can spend every waking moment on outdoor pursuits.
What is a dirtbag?
In 1933, the State Commission of Forestry secured the resources of this federal program which allowed for the first state park infrastructure developments in Alabama.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (or CCC)?
It's not a streatch, this evergreen is Alabama's state tree.
What is the longleaf pine?
What are turtles?
In Desert Solitaire, this author critiques industrial tourism in national parks.
Who is Edward Abbey?
To successfully complete a climbing route.
What is to "send"?
Since 1971, state parks have been managed by the State's DCNR, or Department of this.
What is Conservation and Natural Resources?