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The
Park
Sherwood
Island State Park, on the shore of Long
Island Sound in Westport Connecticut, covers 234 acres of beach, wetlands and
woodlands. People come to the park
to hike, bike, ski, swim, fish, study
nature, watch birds, fly kites, fly
model airplanes, play volleyball,
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The Friends
Like other State parks, Sherwood Island needs the support of its
friends. The Friends of Sherwood
Island got organized in 1995. We raise funds from public
and private sources, we help plan the park's
future, we work with other environmental and
community organizations to give this
wonderful park the TLC it deserves. All this is done in
cooperation with the State Department of
Environmental Protection. |
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The
new Nature Center
is open!
Wednesday-Sunday 10 am
to 4 pm
A cooperative effort of the CT
Department of Environmental Protection and the Friends of
Sherwood Island, the Nature Center is still not quite complete
-- but it's open to visitors now.
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The Center is located between the
East Beach and the salt marsh nature trail. Staff naturalists
Alan Berman and Mike Rowinsky, assisted by interns and docents,
are offering
summer nature walks, bird watching, and learning activities for
kids.
Shown here > Sheila O'Neill, president of the Friends, with
naturalist Alan Berman.
Slide show of the construction stages
Slide show of the interior
Click "show info" for slide-show captions. |
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 April 29,
2007 proclaimed Sherwood Island State Park Day.
Seventy years ago, the legislature voted money to complete the purchase of the
parkland. We celebrated on the 28th with visitors who planted
200 saplings, and proclamations from the Westport First
Selectman and the Governor.
The day was sponsored by the Brooks Jones Committee, Friends of
Sherwood Island State Park and Greens Farms Academy.
Click
here for a slideshow. |
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Westport
artist Miggs Burroughs received the 2006 Special Friend of
Sherwood Island award for for the bumper sticker he designed for
the Governor's "No
Child Left Inside" initiative
-- to reconnect youngsters with the outdoors, build the next
generation of environmental stewards and showcase Connecticut’s
state parks and forests. |
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