Date: Year Four (Fall and Winter)
Supervisor: Cristina Verissimo
Advisor: Talbot Sweetapple
The Geopark paths combine the various historical elements with the unique geological features of the Keen of Hamar Nature Reserve to create four separate sectional experiences. These four sectional experiences align with the four ecologies of the reserve: the Serpentine Debris Field where the mineral is most prevalent, the Serpentine Heath – an area of finer soil composition which encourages more plant life than the previous ecology, the Fens – an area of thick plant life, and the Cliffs. The four paths straddle an existing footpath leading the observer through all four ecologies ending at the Cliff path where at the end the viewer is oriented towards the next typology.