| July Wetland Wonders & Workday, 2011 |
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New River Birding & Nature Center Saturday, July 9 Search the wonders of a 15-acre wetland and complete construction on the Wetlands Boardwalk! Join consulting director Bill Hilton Jr. of the New River Birding & Nature Center for bird banding and botanizing. The wetland is a living laboratory, so we'll also trim back the shrubs, vines, and herbaceous plants that try to take over the boardwalk during the summer growing season. We'll do some nature exploration and finishing touches of a 12-foot extension "teaching platform" on the 275-foot Wetlands Boardwalk. Bring your camera, work gloves, hammer, pruning shears, and filled water bottle if you have them. We'll have binoculars you can borrow if you don't have your own. The New River Birding & Nature Center and Wetlands Boardwalk are part of Wolf Creek Park, located near the intersection of Appalachian Drive and SR-16, just off of US-19. Enter Wolf Creek Park via Nick Rahall Greenway; pass Bridge Brew Works, the steel building on the left; turn left down the graveled road to the Wetlands Boardwalk. Click Here to View and Print Flyer |
