Back Country Dig



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Welcome to the Sierras Plants and Animals Dig. Try to answer at least 2 questions each. Challenges #1-6 focus on animals, and #7-10 focus on plants – do one section or both - have fun !

Camp Internet Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 9, 7:11AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Challenge #1 – What animal used to live in the Backcountry and no longer does? Follow these clues to find out and come back and tell us: What is this powerful animal, what symbol of the State of California is it shown on, and when did the last one live in California? button

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DIG Challenge #2 - What Indian name comes from this same animal ? button

Camp Internet Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 9, 7:12AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Challenge #3 – How does this animal gets its name ? What does it like to eat ? button

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Dig Challenge #4 – In this Miwok story, the first two animals we are discovering today have a battle. Who escapes danger and how do they escape? What happened to their enemy? button

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DIG Challenge #5 – This animal used to be so plentiful that there were large herds roaming all sides of the Sierras. Now they are endangered because they can not fight off a disease spread by their domesticated relatives. What are they and how do you tell the difference most easily between male and female ? button

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DIG Challenge #6 This animal was so ever-present that it became the subject of hundreds of Indian art works. What type of art work is this? button

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DIG Challenge #7 – There are trees alive today that are so old they may have been here before many of California’s Indian tribes arrived. What trees are the OLDEST ? What trees are the BIGGEST ? (not tallest) button

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DIG Challenge #8 – What is the difference between a native, an endemic, or an introduced plant ? button

Camp Internet Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 9, 7:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Challenge #9 – What did the Native People’s wisdom about plants teach them ? button

Camp Internet Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 9, 7:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG Challenge #10 – These native plants were used by native peoples as medicine. Are there one or more of these plants that you have ever seen ? if so, tell us which ones you recognize and what is it used for in healing ? button