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familiar to thousands of area children through school visits; the opportunity for the <br /> students to visit the birds - a frequent request - will be a positive addition to the <br /> educational value of seeing them up close in a school setting. <br /> Preservation and identification of flora. In addition, the Native Plant Society has <br /> offered to do signage and site work involving the care and identification of plant <br /> ecies, in exchange for exhibit space and classroom use. <br /> B. Parking and Public Access. A graveled lot designed for Ridgeline Trail parking <br /> exists directly across from the site entrance on Fox Hollow Road. <br /> Passenger Discharge/Loading Area. It is proposed that a small, level area at the base <br /> of the site's driveway be graveled to enable vans and buses to unload and pick -up <br /> students without requiring children to cross Fox Hollow Rd; parking for these <br /> vehicles will be in the lot across the road. <br /> Animal Intake. At the top of the driveway, adjacent to the Care Center, adequate <br /> turn- around and parking room currently exists for citizens bringing injured or <br /> orphaned birds to the Care Center. <br /> On -Site and Handicapped Parking. All on -site parking will be restricted to staff or <br /> handicapped visitors, who will have one designated stall by the Care Center and one <br /> by the Interpretive Center. <br /> Access A graveled walkway will be built following the driveway. The walkway will <br /> incorporate wide, shallow steps and a hand -rail at steeper points, and will be linked <br /> with a network of trails around the display cages. This walkway will allow older <br /> visitors to take their time as well as keep children off the driveway. The Interpretive <br /> Center will be situated half -way up the driveway, in the center of the public area; the <br /> educational enclosures open to public view will primarily be on the lower section of <br /> the property, with some following the western edge of the site, to be built cantilevered <br /> out over the drop -off above the Ridgeline Trail. <br /> C. Interpretive Center /Classroom - The existing garage /shop will be replaced by a • <br /> building approximately three times its size to contain the Interpretive Center, a <br /> classroom /meeting room, a small gift shop, and public restrooms. <br /> Interpretive Center. The Interpretive Center will comprise the major portion of the <br /> new building and will contain educational displays of mounted specimens, skulls, <br /> skeletons, nests, posters, literature on our native species of wildlife, particularly <br /> raptors, and their habitat, and descriptions of the eco- systems and food chains on <br /> which they depend. The center will include some display cages for smaller birds with <br /> viewing access from both inside and outside the building. Exhibit space will also be <br /> available to other environmental organizations. <br /> Classroom. In the classroom, small group presentations can be held with audio - visual <br /> facilities or live birds from the non - releasable population. Examples of suggested - <br /> classroom activities include dissection of owl pellets and examination of a variety of <br /> Cascades Raptor Care Center Proposal 4 <br />