Dear Young Naturalists

With a little help from Mother Nature we will start to receive warm sunny days and cold frosty nights to give us the right conditions for the sap to flow in Sugar Maple trees. It's sugaring off time!

Come and visit the sugar bush to experience how maple syrup is made.

WHERE:
A.W. Campbell Conservation Area
Alvinston Ontario

DATE:
April 15th.

TIME:
11:00a.m. - 12:00 (Meet me at the sugar shack)

COST:
free admission to site

AGENDA:
15 min. maple syrup game
10 min. tree tapping, physiology of tree, and conservation of sugar bush
25 min. tour of native and pioneer methods
10min. tour on modern method of collecting sap and sugaring off in the sugar shack

Families are welcome to stay after the tour to visit other exhibits on site or drive over to the arena in Alvinston for pancakes and syrup. (five minute drive) .
If you need a ride please call me at 862-1804. Hope to see you there!

Yours Outdoors,
Kim Gledhill

Leaving from Sarnia:
Take Hwy. 402 to exit for Hwy. 79 (Watford exit)
Turn right on Hwy. 79 and travel south until you see the sign for the festival.
Turn left on Shiloh Line which takes you right into the conservation area.