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New Educational Displays at the
Wetlands Center in Refugio!
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| Come to the Wetlands Center in the city of Refugio and see all the new and exciting renovations and educational displays! You can see our wetlands display wall and lots of critters (not alive of course) that you'll find living in real wetlands. Also we have interactive displays for the kids....reach in and try to guess what you're touching...but don't worry, nothing bites! You'll also see information on the local schools that participate in wetland activities and even some of the students photos from their field trips. We also have books and other learning resources for your wetland information. So come by and see us, you won't be disappointed! |
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Ranch is Classroom for a Day!
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Refugio County eighth-graders experience South Texas wildlife and environment firsthand
Fennessey Ranch hosted the annual Earth Sciences field day for many eighth graders in Refugio County. The field day consisted of eight stations with a hayride, a dairy booth, some livestock, vegetation study, a menagerie of stuffed birds, interpretation hikes, and a talk about pollution. The Wetlands Connection Center helped sponsor this event in conjunction with the Fennessey Ranch, the University of Houston, the Copano Bay Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Center for Coastal Studies at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The day provided a great "hands-on" learning experience for these kids, and a chance to experience science in a new way and several 8th graders agree.
"The best one (station), I think, was the water one, the one about pollution," Refugio eighth-grader Charlean Mondine said. "There are so many things I didn't know."
Ranch Manager Sally Crofutt hopes for each year when all of the eighth-graders in Refugio County come to learn about wildlife and agriculture. |
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| Wetland Connection Center helps sponsor Photo Shoot |
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| Two wildlife photo shoots and educational workshops for kids are being conducted this summer by Sean Fitzgerald (professional photographer) and Sally Crofutt (manager Fennessey Ranch) and held at Fennessey Ranch. The event has been funded by the University of Houston. Students from the local high schools boarded boats covered in camouflage were set in the wetlands on Fennessey Ranch. Students were armed with cameras and lenses and took hundreds of pictures of surrounding wildlife. They also toured other areas of the ranch experiencing all sorts or wildlife including birds, wild pigs, deer, and alligators. This program in just one of the outreach activities being funded to increase public understanding about the importance of natural resources in Refugio County. |
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