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Pass It On Match Campout, 5/21-22 Great weather greeted 20 campers for a campout at Abilene State Park on May 21&22, 2004. Campers arrived at the remote camping area in Abilene State Park and begin setting up camp for the weekend. Eight matches and 4 staff/volunteers begin the campout with KP and cleanup assignments. Tents locations were picked, tents set and dinner was started. Pass It On instructor, Chip Martin, instructed the group in outdoor survival tips and techniques, including fire starting exercises. The next morning campers awoke to sausage, eggs and tortillas. After breakfast, a game of “Run For Your Life” was played which demonstrates the relationship of prey and predators and how good wildlife habitat levels the field for all wildlife species. The next adventure was a nature walk, on which we learned about plants and their relationship to wildlife and how to enhance wildlife populations by managing plant communities. Lunch was served as we broke camp and cleaned up our camp-site. Most campers took the time to test their fishing skills at the buffalo wallow prior to heading home.
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