http://www.wetlandwatchers.org Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:10:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_551" align="aligncenter" width="1024" caption="A new 50 foot fishing pier has been added to Wetland Watchers Park!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_552" align="aligncenter" width="1024" caption="Wetland Watchers Park brand new playground!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_554" align="aligncenter" width="1024" caption="Wetland Watchers Park Playground"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_555" align="aligncenter" width="1024" caption="Fishing on the new pier with the picnic shelters in the background!"][/caption] http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=550   [caption id="attachment_535" align="aligncenter" width="169" caption="Weekly Reader Magzine recently took a day trip with 14 students as part of the Hurst Middle Wetland Watchers Service-Learning Project. The magzine will be coming out on September 3rd! http://www.weeklyreader.com/archive/7"][/caption] Recently, Brooke Ross, editor of Weekly Reader News, took a trip with Destrehan’s Harry Hurst Middle ... http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=532 [caption id="attachment_524" align="aligncenter" width="791" caption="Saturday October 2 from noon til 3 pm join us for the grand opening of Wetland Watchers Park and the Dow Palmetto Outdoor Classroom! Amanda Shaw will play between noon and 3 pm with the cermony scheduled for 1pm!"][/caption] http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=522 caption id="attachment_508" align="aligncenter" width="374" caption="Norco resident, Mr. Milton Cambre recently holding the trophy after being honored by having a new annual award created in his honor and being the first recipient of the Milton L. Cambre Spirit of the Wetlands award that recognizes people in the community that go above ... http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=507 Gator Aid – Alabama Artist, Celebrities Support Wetland Watchers Service-Learning Project FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Birmingham artist Don Stewart has teamed up with an energetic group of middle school students, creating a new piece of art that will help restore part of the LaBranche Wetlands along the shores of Lake Ponchartrain. The seventh ... http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=496 [caption id="attachment_485" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="NBA New Orleans Hornets Save The Wetland Night at the Hive!"][/caption] The Hurst Middle Wetland Watchers participated in the NBA New Orleans Hornets Save the Wetlands Night at the New Orleans Arena! 216 students, teachers, and their families as well as partners from the Destrehan WISE Club ... http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=453 Mrs. Rexford’s seventh grade science students attended their first Wetland Watchers Service-Learning trip of the year participating in stations including physical, chemical, and biological water quality testing, planting cypress trees, touring the nature trail, participating in a GPS scavenger hunt, and hands-on opportunities with Louisiana’s most famous reptiles including an ... http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=407 Hurst Middle School Wetland Watchers received $3,555 through grants from the Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation to fund school service-learning projects. Students and teachers were able to attend the Brown Foundation Service-Learning Celebration which involved over 1,000 students and teachers from 9 Louisiana parishes. [caption id="attachment_381" align="aligncenter" width="800" caption="Alexa ... http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=380 The Hurst Middle Wetland Watchers were back in action recently as 135 8th grade students used Wetland Watchers Park as a setting for activities focused on geography, history, math, language arts, and science. As a service-learning project, students participate activities where they are meeting required academics standards as well as ... http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=359   [caption id="attachment_348" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="(L-R) Hurst Middle students Erin M, Elena M, Jenny P, and Amanda O pick up trash along the water’s edge. "][/caption] Forty-two volunteers representing Hurst Middle’s Wetland Watcher Project and the Destrehan High WISE (Wildcats Interested In Saving the Environment) Club worked together to clean-up the front ... http://www.wetlandwatchers.org/?p=349