The Tantramar Wetlands Centre is a community-based centre of wetlands education specializing in experiential programming aimed at public school students and teachers. Recognized nationally as a centre of excellence, this award-winning project provides exciting wetlands education experiences to over 4,000 visitors annually.
The winter program at TWC is now underway. Students from across New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are coming to take part in this unique program. A sing-song with the infamous Leroy and Lemar, slide show on tracking, hands-on activity, and real tracking out on the marsh are all part of a fun filled morning. So strap on some snowshoes and off we’ll go on a winter-wetland experience!
TWC was thrilled to welcome New Brunswick’s Minister of the Environment, Brenda Fowlie to the Centre on November 29th. The Minister joined students from Beaconsfield Middle School in Saint John in learning first-hand about wildlife management in New Brunswick. The students and the Minister spent a good part of the morning out on marsh studying the Centre’s very healthy muskrat population. It was a great day made even more enjoyable by Minister Fowlie’s interest and participation. For pictures of Minister Fowlie’s visit to the TWC click here.
TWC in cooperation with Learning for a Sustainable Future and the Dept. of Education provided a day long workshop for Grade 10 science teachers on December 10th. This workshop was designed to introduce participants to PROJECT WET. The day was spent demonstrating how this excellent activity-based resource can support the Sustainability of Ecosystems Unit of the grade 10 curriculum. We all had a blast! Click here for pictures!
Fall is a wonderful time to visit the wetlands and TWC is again offering a range of experiential programs for teachers and students of all grade levels. Fall is also the only time within the school year that we are banding waterfowl and we invite our visitors to come and participate!
On September 30th Sarah Sutherland and Kendra Milton travelled to Fredericton to accept the Department of the Environment’s Environmental Leadership Award on behalf of the more than 100 Tantramar High School students who volunteer their time at TWC to teach visitors about the importance of wetlands. These Wetheads and the enthusiasm they bring are what make this project unique and very special.
As part of the Town of Sackville’s “Celebrate our Culture: 1604-2004″ ceremonies, The Tantramar Wetlands Centre invited the public to participate in its unveiling of a permanent exhibit entitled Dyking on the Tantramar–325 Years of History on August 12, 2004.
Located within the Centre’s wetlab facility, this unique display interprets through illustrations and artifacts the rich dyking history of the area. Featuring the work of artist Robert Lyon and contributions from several private family collections this exhibit has been designed specifically to compliment the Centre’s award-winning wetlands education programs. For viewing information contact the Centre at 506-364-4257.
Research, renovations and groups visiting from as far away as Texas! Check out the Summer in the Wetlands photo gallery for some glimpses of a busy summer in the wetlands at TWC.
Each Monday evening during the month of June, members of the public were invited to participate in an introductory birding course offered by NBWF biologist, Susan Bowes.
Sponsored by TWC, the course focused on identifying waterfowl and songbirds common to our marshes and it was provided free of charge thanks to the support of our sponsors.
Staff from several environmental organizations in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia traveled to Sackville to join 75 Wetheads during their annual training day at TWC. This special day is dedicated each year to gearing up for the very busy spring programming season at the Centre that includes close to 2000 grade four visitors alone who are sponsored through Ducks Unlimited’s Adopt-A-Class Program. This year’s training session was modeled after the popular TV series Survivor and was huge hit with the participants.
TWC hosts 2000 grade four students from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia through Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Adopt-A-Class Program. See the 2004 photo gallery for all of the schools and just some of the excitement of AAC 2004 @ TWC.