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<br /> (;¡~ J <br /> - <br /> Program Narrative <br /> <br /> General Information <br /> 1. Project Sponsor: City of San Marcos Parks and Recreation Department <br /> , 2. Address: 630 E. Hopkins, San Marcos, TX 78666 <br /> 3. Contact Person / Title: Rodney Cobb (Director of Parks and Recreation) <br /> 4. Contact Phone: (512) 393-8400 Fax: (512) 353-7273 <br /> 5. Project Title: San Marcos Outdoor Adventures Program <br /> 6. Proposal Prepared By: <br /> Chip Wood Dara Wells Kristen Earley <br /> City of San Marcos City of San Marcos City of San Marcos <br /> Parks and Recreation Parks and Recreation Parks and Recreation <br /> River Stewardship Project Recreation Manager Recreation Specialist <br /> . <br /> Project Description <br /> The San Marcos Outdoor Adventures Program is designed to provide the youth of San <br /> Marcos with the opportunity to experience the natural wonders of Texas while learning more <br /> about the environment. The project will focus on providing basic outdoor skills and natural <br /> history education to its participants in an outdoor s~tting. Topics covered during the program <br /> will include camping, hiking, fishing, orienteering, repelling, plant identification, birding, <br /> canoeing and the mammals of Texas. Participants will receive four hours of classroom education <br /> on the topics to be covered and then apply the learned subjects at a selected state park. The <br /> Outdoor Adventures Program will provide six weekend trips and one day trip to ,seven State <br /> Parks. The 1997 program has selected Bastrop State Park, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, <br /> Guadalupe River State Park, Perdernales Falls State Park, Lost Maples State Natural Area and <br /> Hill Country State Natural Area as the destinations for six weekend trips. This program will also <br /> provide a day trip to the LB.J. Wildflower Center in Austin for challenged individuals. Trips will <br />