Article: Learning to be natural leaders: Education, fun and building awareness are the goals at Sykesville nature center.

Byline: Arin Gencer

Dec. 31--Kids learn the beauty of nature Ryan Finch walked down to the muddy edge of the lake, reached into a mound of crisscrossed tree limbs and pulled out a branch. "Look what I found in the beaver lodge," the 8-year-old said with gusto as he walked along a path minutes later. One end of the branch had been whittled to a pencil-like point.

Ryan's discovery highlighted an afternoon filled with talk of flying squirrels, raccoons and truffles -- not the chocolate kind -- all part of a series of monthly winter classes for young children at Sykesville's Piney Run Nature Center. The center has provided such classes for ...

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