A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 16, 1995 Program Allows Environmental ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Charlotte “Chotty” Sprenkle has had to answer some real “doozies” in her previous posi tion as senior information rep resentative for Muddy Run Park. Questions included, “What kind of bird do I have in my feed er?” And “I’ve got this snake in my basement. Can you tell me what it is?” Answering those kinds of ques tions has prepared her for her new ly accepted position as environ mental education coordinator for the Lancater County Conservation District. She still recalls the “dooziest” question; “Whatever happened to the deer in the jar?” The what? It’s true. Years ago. the Park recovered a pregnant deer that was hit by a car. The fawns were pre served in separate glass jars and encased in an educational display. After 10 years and a $1 million redesign of the exhibit area, the deer were finally disposed of. But after the redesign, Sprenkle remembers the first question she fielded from a visitor was, ‘ ‘Where arc the deer in the jar? Where did you put them?” Sprenkle admitted that although there arc challenges for her posi tion, her new post will allow her to remain in touch with all the schools in the county who will depend on her to help coordinate environmental and agricultural programs through the district Sprenkle began with the district last week. As environmental edu cation coordinator, she will travel with school groups to various sites in the county, including parks and demonstration farms, to help stu dents from kindergarten through grade 12 learn about naturalization and conservation. In IS years of work with Muddy Run, Sprenkle said she “probably dealt with more than 1,000 educa tors in Lancaster County alone.” She also dealt with schools in adjoining counties, including Maryland. “There are a lot of environmen tal programs going on at the county park system,” she said. “I want to complement what they’re doing.” A Solanco High School gradu ate, Sprenkle was graduated from Penn State in 1980 with a bache lor’s degree in recreation and parks with an environmental interpreta tion. She said she always wanted to work in a park system. She interned with the National Audubon Society at the Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm in Day ton, Ohio. After graduation, she was employed with Philadelphia Electric (now PECO Energy Com pany) at Muddy Run Recreation Park as park naturalist During her IS years of service with the 700-acre (including 1,000-acre reservoir) Muddy Run, she was responsible for creating and instructing environmental education programs for school groups and conducting community recreation programs. Those included Envirothon competitions JONES-DAIRY SERVICE Massey, MD 1-800-801-2082 Education Coordinator To Reach Out To Schools which test youths’ knowledge and understanding of the environ ment in York, Chester, and Delaware counties. While at Muddy Run, Sprenkle was involved in shad restoration education, eagle awareness prog rams, and an 80-box, several-mile long bluebird nesting box work shop, trails, and programs. “We came into contact with more than 40,000 people per year at Muddy Run,’’ she said. Sprenkle was responsible for implementing the white-tail deer management plan for the Muddy Run Project. For a variety of efforts, in the program’s first year, the Park was recognized with the “Take Pride In Pennsylvania” and “Take Pride in America” national awards in 1986. The awards, presented by the then-U.S. Vice President George Bush, were the result of a culmination of work for the project team. “That was the highlight,” she said. Also, her final project at Muddy Run involved the redesign and development of the Muddy Run Information Center, which included the construction of four additional classrooms, a 130-seat auditorium, office, and meeting space. Sprenkle said that the conserva tion district already has a lot of educational programs through the Envirothon and conservation school. However, the one aspect that has been missing, until now. is (Turn to Pag* A3l) Equipment & Systems to Improve Your Bottom Line ™ L I SB*** 1 * dent cooling. 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