GC4W90D Lake Conestee Nature Park-Learning Loop 1 (Unknown Cache) in South Carolina, United States created by OconeeBell

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Hidden : 9/7/2014

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Enjoy the wonders of the natural world as you stroll through Lake Conestee Nature Park in search of excellent adventures in hiking, birding, and Geocaching!

Lake Conestee Nature Park consists of approximately 400 acres of beautiful natural habitat on the Reedy River just 6 miles south of downtown Greenville, South Carolina. The park contains both hardwood and evergreen forest, extensive wetlands, 3 miles of the Reedy River, and a rich diversity of wildlife habitat. Deer, raccoon, beaver, fox, river otter, and various small mammals inhabit the park, along with numerous species of reptiles and amphibians. Over 200 bird species have been reported by the Greenville County Bird Club. The park has been designated as an Important Bird Area of Global Significance by the National Audubon Society.

Learning Loops are designed with the teacher in mind. Currently there are 30 stations (10 in each Loop). Ten more will be placed along Loop 4 later this year. Each station gives information and photos of a particular topic of the park’s history, geology, plants and animals. Teachers are welcome to bring their classes for a self-guided tour of the Learning Loops at no charge; however, we do ask that you register your visit with the park office to avoid scheduling conflicts and to sign field trip waivers.
(Learning stations generously funded by 3M, Michelin, Duke Energy and the Jolley Foundation.)

In order to locate this Geocache, you must solve the following puzzle:

N 34 AB.CDE W 082 FG.HIJ

Visit each of the 10 kiosks on Learning Loop 1 and discover the answers to the following questions.

Kiosk #1 = A – Introduction to LCNP and Forrester Farm
“The ________ ________ , a common dragonfly at LCNP.”
A = ___ (total number of letters in missing words, divided by 3)

Kiosk #2 = B – The Forrester Farm: Recovering from Cotton
“Horse-drawn carts carrying ________ to Conestee Mill in 1918.”
B = ___ (number of letters in missing word)

Kiosk #3 = C – Rolling Hills of the Piedmont
“The rolling hills of the Piedmont present a very old and ________ landscape.”
C = ___ (number of letters in missing word)

Kiosk #4 = D – Lake Conestee Today
“Much of the East Bay is now choked with aquatic plants such as ________ primrose.”
D = ___ (number of letters in missing word)

Kiosk #5 = E – Water Quality
How many brown frogs appear in the picture?
E = ___

Kiosk #6 = F – Forest Succession
How many paw prints do you see on this kiosk?
F = ___

Kiosk #7 = G – Woodland Songbirds
The number of Carolina wrens pictured here.
G = ___

Kiosk #8 = H – Riparian Corridors
Count the number of eastern river cooters on this kiosk, and subtract 3.
H = ___

Kiosk #9 = I – Reedy River Watershed
The picture of the right side of this kiosk shows a Water ________ .
I = ___ (number of letters in missing word)

Kiosk #10 = J – Upland Hardwood Forest Ecosystems
“White oak acorns provide a huge ________ to a wide variety of wildlife.”
J = ___ (number of letters in missing word)

A waypoint for Learning Loop 1: Station 1 is provided on the cache page, or you can refer to this map:

Enjoy exploring Lake Conestee Nature Park in search of this fun Gecocache! The other three Learning Loops also guide you to Geocaches as well. Don’t forget to practice CITO caching (Cache In-Trash Out).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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