SWIGGIS and the Hill Country Conservancy hosted an orienteering day at the Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve to familiarize middle school and high school aged Girl Scouts with Geography, GPS, Orienteering, and GIS. Volunteers had a chance to tour the Nalle Bunny Run on the morning of event. Here is a detailed map of the location.
The event took place on April 2, 2011.
Volunteers were on four teams with at least one team leader per team. On the day of the event there were designated areas at the Wildlife Preserve for each of the four stations listed below. Team leaders were in charge of coordinating their activity and other volunteers.
Stations:
| Skill Builders | Technology | Service Projects | Career Exploration |
| 1.Use a USGS map to learn how to interpret a legend, map symbols, and contour lines.
2. Learn the parts of a compass and learn how to take a compass bearing from a map. |
1. Find geocaches that have been hidden on the Nalle Bunny Run property by utilizing GPS technology. | 1. To help maintain the wildlife preserve, learn about water quality testing, view the natural spring on the property, and distribute seeds from original Blackland Prairie. | 1. Find out what professional geographers do for a living and how they got there. |
Looking forward to this event! Hope we have beautiful weather like we did last year. We have a ton of goodies for the girls participating in this event. Thanks to all of our swag donors – Sanborn, ESRI, TNRIS, HCC, Austin Energy and CAPCOG. Also, thanks to Jacq and Cheyenne for organizing and Hill Country Conservancy for the beautiful venue! Of course, thanks to all of the SWIGGIS volunteers who are leading the activities.