This story from the Bee Thursday reports on a wonderful idea to enhance the availability of historical information along the Parkway, so central to one of California’s great stories.
The history of the American Indian villages that thrived along the American River for so many generations is one that needs re-telling, and we applaud the work of the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in doing so.
Here is an excerpt.
New parkway signs raise wonderment in visitors
They help explain history, geology, flora and fauna along the American River.
By Bill Lindelof -- Bee Staff WriterPublished 2:15 am PST Thursday, March 9, 2006
Coming soon to the American River Parkway: the information age.
Over the next year, about two dozen signs will be erected to explain points of history, geology, flora and fauna along the heavily used bike path.
"An interpretative sign points out things that people might see, hear or smell at a site and hopefully brings that alive," said Marilee Flannery, director of the Effie Yeaw Nature Center.
Interpretive signs can be thought-provoking, Flannery said.
"It will ask questions that will make you think in a way that encourages you to want to know more or to analyze," she said.
Different types of signs will appear on the parkway, including some at kiosks at parkway entrances, signs at habitat rehabilitation sites - and about 17 signs on podiums along the bike path.
Sign designs and text were developed by staff members at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center, which is in Ancil Hoffman Park. The signs will use photos donated by nature center staff members and area residents.
