Respite from Business

Brown Trout

Today I will again head out to Belding Wildlife Management Area nearby in Vernon, CT. It is a gorgeous area and I get to work with 4th graders learning about ecosystems. My station is the stream and we were lucky yesterday~ most of the children saw at least one fish in the stream and we had a great time with our experiments. These same children came to Belding in the Fall and I was so pleased to hear what they remembered from that trip.

We walk quite a way through forest to get our prime learning real estate. To watch how kids absorb and interact with the outdoors is a huge pleasure of mine and becoming a Master Wildlife Conservationist with the Department of Environmental Protection has given me great experiences. In another life I would be a wildlife biologist. I wander around after the pros and soak up everything I can, and I can get a little "star struck" at these scientists.

Off to the stream!