Nature Study

The Curiosity Shop at the Bar 717 Ranch is our natural history resource room.  Here we have terrariums to temporarily house critters and reference books to help identify what those critters may be.  In the Curiosity Shop campers may also find animal skeletons, pressed plants, rocks, and pretty much any other cool item that lives or grows around the Ranch.

The Bar 717 Ranch is located within the Klamath Bioregion, home to a huge variety of plants and animals.  We see Columbia Blacktail deer, foxes and coyotes, Douglas Gray squirrels, Stallers Jays California Quail, crayfish and Rainbow Trout.  If you are lucky, you might catch a glimpse of a Black Bear or a Bald Eagle. 

Many other rare species have also been seen around the Ranch, including: northern spotted owl, red tailed hawk, osprey, goshawk, golden eagle, ruffed grouse, Pacific fisher, mountain lion, American Trinity bristle snail, red-legged frog, and Chinook salmon.