Three Rivers Park District Naturalist Chad Hollinbeck, center, answers questions outside the lodge in Baker Park Reserve Near-Wilderness Settlement during the Park District's Webelos Naturalist Badge program Sunday, Feb. 5, in Maple Plain. About 40 Webelos split into two groups for the two-hour event. This group first ventured onto Academy Pond and tested ice thickness, water temperature, and found animal tracks and other signs of deep Winter wildlife.

Three Rivers Park District Naturalist Chad Hollinbeck, center, obscured, answers questions on Academy Pond in Baker Park Reserve Near-Wilderness Settlement during the Park District's Webelos Naturalist Badge program Sunday, Feb. 5, in Maple Plain. About 40 Webelos and their parents and pack leaders split into two groups for the two-hour event. This group first tested ice thickness, water temperature, and found animal tracks and other signs of deep Winter wildlife.