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Education

Friendly Hills Grange Camp and Conference Center, via the Ohio Grange Charitable Foundation, Inc.'s mission statement, is here to serve the public with educational events.

The camp conducts several events throughout the year to accomplish this goal.

Some of these events include:

·         Jr. Grange Camp

·         Grange Youth Camp

·         Frog Day

·         Heritage Festival

Along with a co-op agreement with the Muskingum County Soil & Water Conservation District which holds various educational programs and events throughout the year.

If you, your school, business, or organization is looking for an educational program or place to hold your event, please let us work with you to fulfill your needs.

Caretaker's Corner

Our Camp's Caretaker, Mike Welsh, comes from an educational background in the field of wildlife, biology, and Natural Resources.

Mike holds an Associate Degree of Applied Science in the field of Parks, Recreation, and Wildlife and a Bachelor's Degree of Science in the field of Biology.

Mike has run an animal rescue, Wild Rescue One, since 2001. Mike has rescued and rehabilitated native wildlife following ODNR's Wildlife Rehabilitation guidelines. Mike has also rescued exotic animals from personal owners, pet shops, veternarians, and other professional organizations. Through this rescue, Mike has presented numerous presentations to schools, youth groups, college's,business and the general public from pre-school to adult ages. Mike is very knowledgeable about Ohio's Native Wildlife and on Exotic Animals. His specialty is reptiles and amphibians.

This area will be updated periodically with new topics of interest and education towards our natural world.

Did you know...

Friends of Mike's run a dog kennel for Siberian Huskies. Their names are Rachel and Casey Goodpaster. The kennel is Northern Slope Siberians. They breed and sell huskies. They are asked tons of questions about the breed. Rachel and Casey also screen their customers on their understanding of the breed to determine if a husky is the right pet for them.

Here are some of the points they have on their website:

Even though Siberians are stunning animals, they may not be the right choice for you!

  • Before purchasing a Siberian husky, please make sure you can provide the attention and room that they need to thrive

  • Siberian huskies are gentle, loving, and intelligent dogs

  • Companionship is vital in their life
    • If they cannot have plenty of human attention, they must at least share its home with another dog
  • Huskies are very active and needs lots of room to exercise
  • Siberians are very enticed by any new sight or sound and have a tendency to wander
  • Huskies like to dig, both to make a “nest” to lie down and to dig holes in the ground
  • Siberians do not make good watchdogs
    • They like people, even strangers

    Huskies are very independent in nature and need persistent guidance

    Siberians also shed their coat once or twice a year by the bushel basketful

    The last point about shedding has been a key question that they recieve all the time. Below is a video that they made demonstrating a Siberian Husky during the shedding process.

    If you would like more information about Northern Slope Siberians, please visit their site at:
    northernslopesiberians.com

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