>3:41 p.m. EDT, May 17, 2011
A program regarding nature around us and the new Alta Schrock Nature Trail will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Folk Meeting House in Springs.
Mitch Miller, naturalist from Frostburg, Md., will guide visitors in an awareness of how man and our natural surroundings affect each other. Weather, mining, timbering, lay of the land and plant life are all interrelated.
Miller and his father, Blaine Miller, Springs, have had an avid interest in nature all of their lives and have acquired a treasure trove of information. As partners in a survey business, their occupation has matched well with this interest.
The Springs Historical Society honors founder Dr. Alta Schrock by the creation of a nature trail, located adjacent to the Springs Farmer’s Market along the Folk Festival Forest Trail. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Schrock’s birth. Alta Schrock was an avid nature lover and held a doctorate in biology. Among many honors, she was an inductee into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame and the Garrett County Hall of Fame.
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