The Lake Lewis Chapter has been supporting the Friends of Badger Mountain and the Benton County Parks Department with interpretation kiosks, panels, markers, and signage for the Badger Mountain Centennial Preserve and Candy Mountain Preserve (both Benton County Parks), since their inception in 2005.
The latest efforts were to help fund, design and locate three Ice Age floods related interpretive signs along a 1.2-mile interpretive loop trail on Candy Mountain. These signs describe the process and history of Ice Age flooding in this area (Figure 1), and the main line of evidence (erratics) that can be seen along the trail (Figure 2). This was the culmination of a nearly two year effort, that was completed in May 2020. Many thanks to Bruce Bjornstad, George Last and Chris Barnes for their efforts.
New interpretive signage is being prepared for installation along Badger Mountain’s Canyon Trail. Efforts are also under way to complete the Little Badger Mountain Preserve, the next stage for a vision of trails connecting four of the Lake Lewis Isles (Little Badger, Badger, Candy, and Red Mountains).