Getting Ready for Summer-CPR Training

Alex and Abrill practice "ventilation" on a CPR manikin. We (including Ms Val) are at a 50 hour training in American Red Cross Emergency Medical Response (advanced first aid) that just ended this Friday. We have been at a beautiful camp located high on a ridge overlooking miles of forest and grasslands in Wisconsin for the course.

Alex, year around Outdoor Education Coordinator

Abrill, summer camp health assistant

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Muskrats on the Lake

We have muskrats living on the edge of the lake.  Muskrats are the size of a small cat and feed on the roots of cattails that grow abundantly in our marsh.

Photo from EEK

Here is the lodge just on the edge of the marsh.

Our muskrat house can best be seen from the lake. I noticed it first when I was walking on the ice this last winter.  I haven't seen any fresh signs of muskrats this Spring yet.

I have a neighbor that credits the muskrats and the beavers with keeping the lake near their dock cleared of cattails and other lake weeds. Our neighbors are thrilled with this because it means that they are able to get their boats out of the docking area without clogging their motors with lake weeds

More information about muskrats on my favorite nature site at EEK Wisconsin

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