Nature Center
Summer
2009

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Naturalist Alan Berman
Naturalist Mike Rowinsky ready to dissect a shark
At the touch tank with summer interns.
The tank was purchased with the help of a grant from Touch Tanks for Kids.
 

Summer Interns

Greens Farms Academy
Miguel Silvestri - Angad-Raj Singh

Staples High School
Annie Harnick - AJ Keiffer
Erica Mayer - Matt Wormser
Weston High School
Emma Gunuey

 

 

 

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. 
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.
 

Activities calendar

Park map

 
   
Live critters Nature Trail
In 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
Arts and crafts Dissections
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
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.

 


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

 
     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.

    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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