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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Looking east from the Log Slide, the Grand Sable Banks tower some 300 feet above Lake Superior.
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Colorful red bunch berry adorns the forest floor.

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Junior Ranger Activity Book

Are you in kindergarten through sixth grade? Would you like to have even more fun during your visit to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore?

If so, just ask a Park Ranger at the Interagency Visitor Center in Munising or Grand Sable Visitor Center in Grand Marais for a free Junior Ranger Activity Book.

In it you will find ideas for fun games and explorations in and around the National Lakeshore. Complete the activities and earn your official Junior Ranger badge and certificate. Once you fill out the questions for your grade group, take the booklet back to the visitor center. If you have completed your portion, you'll earn a Junior Ranger Badge!

So c'mon ... join in the fun! Become a National Park Junior Ranger! We need your help taking care of our national treasures. You'll enjoy learning about and taking pride in America's National Parks.

Junior Ranger Booklet (pdf) - with apologies for inferior copy quality

 
Junior Rangers gather around a campfire (built in a metal garbage can cover) while a Park Ranger weaves a story.

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Junior Ranger winter program

After School and Summer Junior Ranger Programs

These programs are offered for Alger County schoolchildren in grades 3-6. They are hands-on fun activities designed to build an appreciation and understanding of our natural and cultural resources.

These two hour programs are offered each season during the school year and during a special summer session in June. There is a small fee to participate in the Junior Ranger Program.

To learn more about these programs, please contact:

David Kronk, Park Ranger
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
P.O. Box 40
Munising, MI 49862
906-387-2607, ext. 206
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The purple flower of spotted knapweed, a non-native invasive species, is shown with Pitcher's thistle, an endangered species.

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is home to two arctic disjuncts, plants whose normal range is far to the north. Arctic crowberry and thimbleberry thrive because of the cool and moist microclimates caused by Lake Superior.
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Last Updated: September 12, 2011 at 08:35 MST