Members of the Toledo Metroparks staff, including naturalist Bill Hoefflin, left, Ginny Feltman, an administrative assistant, center, and Heather Norris, manager of environmental education, right, hit the trails together to test out new snowshoes.
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Mike Mathis, a Toledo Metroparks program production specialist, left, braces for a hit with a snowball by Ashley Smith, the Toledo Metroparks manager of outdoor skills.
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Four of the 50 pairs of snowshoes the Toledo Metroparks will own lie on a table, ready to be tested out.
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Ginny Feltman, a Toledo Metroparks administrative assistant, left, and Lauren McCafferty, a program production specialist with the parks, right, test out the parks' new snowshoes.
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Ashley Smith, the Toledo Metroparks manager of outdoor skills, left, and Lauren McCafferty, a program production specialist with the parks, right, test out new snowshoes.
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A pair of women's snowshoes are secured into place.
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Toledo Metroparks staff members test out new snowshoes.
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Ashley Smith, the Toledo Metroparks manager of outdoor skills, right, leads a group of Toledo Metroparks staff as they take a short hike to test out new snowshoes.
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Members of the Toledo Metroparks staff hit the trails together to test out new snowshoes.
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As Jennifer Elsworth, Toledo Metroparks historical program supervisor, center left, is framed by a snowshoe, Mike Mathis, a program production specialist, center right, talks over the shoes' performance with two fellow Toledo Metroparks staff members.
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