Pearce Estate Park Wetland Interpretive Trails Multi-Cache
GeoKs: Wetlands trail signs are in the process of being updated/replaced. They seem to contain a lot less information than the old ones. Rather than re-do the multi, we've found a new hiding spot for the container and will be submitted a new cache for review. This one lasted for 10 years...a good run. :)
Pearce Estate Park Wetland Interpretive Trails
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While scouting Pearce Estate Park for the
May 10, 2008 WWFM Event, we discovered a really informative
network of wetland interpretive trails, including 19 information
signs. Information on some of these signs should put you on the
trail to a cache we later hid in the park.
June 30, 2009: The original container was muggled; it's been
replaced with a magnetic matchbox container with a log book at the
final coordinates.
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. The posted
coordinates are for Sign 1, one of six signs you will need
to visit to collect information to answer the multiple choice
questions. Then use the table below the questions to convert the
answers into the numbers needed to determine the final coordinates.
Substitute the answers for the questions into the following
coordinate pattern:
The cache is hidden at N51 02.(1)(2)(3) W114 00.(4)(5)(6)
If the answer to question one is (a), the number substituted into
position (1) would be 7 and so on.
THE QUESTIONS:
Stage 1 (answer can be found at SIGN 1, at the posted
coordinates) The green zone where land and flowing surface
water meet is called a riparian zone. Riparian areas cover less
than 2% of Alberta’s land surface, but sustain ___% of our fish and
wildlife species.
a. 35%
b. 50%
c. 65%
d. 80%
Stage 2 (answer can be found at SIGN 7) When a well is
drilled into an aquifer (underground water source), water collects
in the well and can then be brought to the surface. The Sam
Livingston Fish Hatchery was built here because of the steady
supply of cold, fresh, clean water from this aquifer. The hatchery
water wells extend ___ meters underground.
a. 15
b. 25
c. 40
d. 50
Stage 3 (answer can be found at SIGN 11) Peatlands are
natural filters that help clean and regulate water flow and are
also a source of water for some foothills and boreal forest
streams. They act like sponges, absorbing and storing ___ times
their weight in water.
a. 3 to 5
b. 5 to 10
c. 10 to 15
d. 10 to 20
Stage 4 (answer can be found at SIGN 15) Marshes are like
supermarkets for wildlife. Birds, insects, animals and even people
can find food and other things they need in a marsh. How many
“aisles” are in the “Marsh-Mart”?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
Stage 5 (answer can be found at SIGN 18) Healthy marshes can
support several hundred species of invertebrates (animals without
backbones, including insects), an important food source for the
fish and birds which inhabit wetlands. How many different insects
are pictured on this sign? (BE CAREFUL – some pictures may be of
the same insect at different life stages and not all are pictures
of insects. If you have any doubts about your answer to this
question, USE THE HINT to check your westing coordinate before
undertaking your search.)
a. 6
b. 7
c. 11
d. 15
Stage 6 (answer can be found at SIGN 19) Until very
recently, people thought wetlands such as peatlands and marshes
were waste land that had to be turned into something more useful
such as farms, roads or houses. Up to ___% of the original wetlands
on the prairies have been destroyed.
a. 50%
b. 60%
c. 70%
d. 80%
Stage 1 (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4
Stage 2 (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Stage 3 (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 0
Stage 4 (a) 0 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 7
Stage 5 (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4
Stage 6 (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
We walked more than 6 km to locate and take photos of all 19 signs.
Your walk should not be more than 2 km. The cache container is a
roundlock ‘n’ lock, about 500 ml size. NOTE: this can be a high
muggle area, so PLEASE do your part to prolong the life of the
cache by carefully re-hiding it when you are through.
June 30, 2009: The original container was muggled; it's been
replaced with a magnetic matchbox container with a log book at the
final coordinates.
Additional Hints
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