By Susan Serven
Geoff McCann, Education Program Director of the New Canaan Nature Center, recently spoke to New Canaan’s Kiwanis Club about the Nature Center’s year-round programs.
Kiwanis President BJ Flagg and New Canaan Nature Center Education Program Director Geoff McCann. Credit: Susan Serven
“We offer programs throughout the year for both children, teens and adults, including our February and March Maple Syrup ‘boil-downs’ which are terrific family-friendly ways to learn how maple syrup is made,” Mr. McCann said.
“And, in addition to our programs, our 40-acre site features two miles of trails, unusual habitat diversity, including wet and dry meadows, two ponds, wet and dry woodlands, dense thickets, an old orchard, and a cattail marsh,” he said.
Mr. McCann presented information on the Nature Center’s 20-year involvement with LINKS, the state-wide inter-district educational program designed to bring urban and suburban students together to share learning opportunities.
He also discussed the Nature’s Center interest in continuing the Haley Project which gives Norwalk 5th graders an intensive look and study of our local Five Mile River watershed, as well as the continuation of the Nature Center’s Summer Youth Corps for local high school students to get engaged in environmental stewardship projects.
For more information on the New Canaan Nature Center please visit the organization’s website.
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