Discover Goodwin Forest Youth Series: Turtles
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Join Master Naturalist Lynn Kochiss and guest expert Bill Powers as we explore the world of painted turtles. |
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6/23/2018
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Time: | 1:00 pm-3:00 pm | Location: | James L. Goodwin Conservation Center | | 23 Potter Road | | Hampton | Accessibility: | Handicapped parking available, wheelchair accessible, for additional needs contact Beth Bernard at (860)455-9534. | Directions: | https://www.ct.gov/deep/directions/goodwin | Registration: | Registration required | Contact: | Jasper Sha at (860)455-9534 | Contact Email: | jasper.sha@ct.gov | Details: | All children must be accompanied by an adult for this program.
Bill will help you learn how to identify turtles and their habitat.. He will also discuss diet, predation, and some turtle behaviors that might surprise you! Weather permitting, we will go to the pond to view painted turtles in the wild. Bring your binoculars if you have them.
Bill Powers is a Goodwin Master Naturalist and volunteer. His painted turtle studies are published in the Fall 2017 issue of Connecticut Woodlands magazine. He is a retired college and high school teacher and counselor.
Lynn Kochiss is an environmental educator who has been a CFPA volunteer since 2007. She is a certified elementary teacher, a Project Learning Tree Facilitator, and a Goodwin Conservation Center Master Naturalist. Her most recent endeavors for CFPA have focused on programming designed to connect people of all ages to the outdoors.
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