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Boone and Crockett hosts open house |
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2  HOUSE ASSEMBLY – Reid Stuart of Blue Sky Villa in Conrad came to the Boone and Crockett Conservation Center to assist with Blue Bird Trails building and assembly of Blue bird houses. Helping is Justin Fritz of the Ledger-East Brady area. Looking on is Dina Philipps of Conrad. Paul Rathsack of Conrad also helped with the bird houses.
The Boone and Crockett Club hosted the day as an open house and educational sampler. This event was well attended as nearly 77 people of all ages joined in a variety of activities.
The exposition started with pre-registered guests enjoying a pie social. 15 pies of several varieties were donated by the Golden West Lutheran Ladies from East Brady and Ledger, Montana. These pies were served by the Chair of the church group Becky Gollehon, her daughter Heidi Fritz and two 4-H community service boys, Justin Fritz and Garrett Fritz.
The social was followed by a presentation and brief history of the Boone and Crockett Club Conservation Center given by the education program director Dr. Lisa Flowers of Choteau, who also introduced education program staff and TRMR John Rappold ranch manager.
Following the introductions, guests moved to scheduled events. We had two groups mixed with the young and the old at the shooting range with range master Steve Hutton of Conrad.
There was a guided hike and wildlife viewing on the Watchable Wildlife Trail led by Flowers. Bob Neibuhr, from Great Falls offered a movie and information on learning about the bluebirds and bluebird trails. His program was featured in the main hall of the RWCC. There were folks building nesting boxes for the bluebirds with Reid Stuart and Paul Rathsack in the education lab/classroom.
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