So I thought about that and wandered through the area finding things that I thought students and local residents might be interested in. Actually, it was one of my students back in the early 80s that told me I should build a nature trail or something, since I spend so much time there. I’d go out there to eat my lunch and wander around simply enjoying the natural peace of the area. Pete: Behind the old science building and softball field.
There’s 20 acres of forest and wetland and I found myself spending a lot of my spare time out there investigating nature as I did as a child. During my first year here at Lake-Sumter, I realized that there’s a beautiful forest right here on campus. Pete: I grew up in northern New Jersey and spent most of my childhood wandering through the woods looking/or snakes and lizards and lifting rocks to see what might be living under them. What is, where was it, how did you get involved, and why did you get involved? So let’s take the whole process from beginning to end. And, it seems to be what you were all about. It’s somewhat like talking about Dixie Allen and the sundial it stands outside classroom contributions you made. Let’s talk about a major contribution you made to the history of Lake-Sumter Community College – the nature trail that is named for you. Retired, remember the whole experience this way:
The Board of Trustees and the college’s third president, Carl Andersen, was as Hands it is named Pete’s Preserve in his honor.
TheĬollege’s Nature Trail was created by Peter Kehde, who built it with his own Not find a college-funded campus nature trail from which to study ecology. Thirty years ago, one would not find many courses devoted toĮcology in the Florida community college curriculum, and one would certainly Taken from Lake-Sumter State College: Fifty Years of
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