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Naturalist Alan Berman |
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Naturalist Mike Rowinsky ready to dissect a shark |
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At the
touch tank with summer interns.
The tank was purchased with the help of a grant from
Touch Tanks for Kids.
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Summer Interns |
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Greens Farms Academy
Miguel Silvestri - Angad-Raj Singh |
Staples
High School
Annie Harnick - AJ Keiffer
Erica Mayer - Matt Wormser |
Weston
High School
Emma Gunuey |
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The
new Nature Center
was open during the 2009 summer season Wednesday-Sunday 10 am
to 4 pm.
This page is a glimpse of what went on there.
The Center will open again in spring 2010.
A letter from Alan Berman |
| Naturalists, summer interns and volunteer docents are welcoming
visitors to the new Nature Center, located behind
the East Beach.
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| Morning
and afternoon activities every day: Birding walks,
nature trail walks, arts and crafts, talks about marine
biology, avian ecology, more ... |
¿Hispanoparlante? Pida hablar
con Alan o Miguel. |
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 Live
critters |
Nature
Trail |
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aquariums, terrariums, intertidal tanks and a touch
tank, Lobsters, crabs, fish, starfish, frogs, turtles,
snakes, mussels, oysters, clams .. |
The
salt-marsh nature trail behind the Nature Center has
been restored. Commentary by Alan Berman is on the signs
at each station, and more documentation is available
inside the Center.
Trail map
More about the marsh
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Arts and crafts |
Dissections
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Birdhouses
On July 9, about 50 people, mostly kids, made 22
birdhouses for the park.
 See slide show
Also:
Kite
making and flying |
Owl pellets
Marine life: shark, squid, octopus, more ...
A chance for children to learn about marine biology and
ask questions.
Photo:
raised hands
At
the Nature Center: Slide show
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Join us for Thursday
evening lectures! |
| The Nature
Center is hosting a series of free lectures on Thursday
evenings, 6:30 pm. After 6:00 entrance to
the park is free. See the
activities calendar. |
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The Nature Center is a
partnership between the Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection and the Friends of Sherwood
Island State Park.
How the Nature Center came
to be
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Funding
for educational equipment and displays has been provided
by the Long Island Sound Fund administered by the
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)through the sale of Long Island Sound license plates and
contributions. |
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The LIS Futures Fund provided support to the CT-DEP
State Parks Division to design, develop and install
educational exhibits and materials for the new Nature
Center.
The Futures Fund is a partnership between EPA Long Island Sound
Study and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. |
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