Carolina
Raptor Center
Visits Lake Norman State Park 2010
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The
CRC visits at Lake Norman have been a huge success!! We still
have one more visit coming up in October, and that will be a formal sit
down program about Owls.
So far the Carolina Raptor Center has visited the park twice, at our
Swim Beach. Both times they set up an exhibit containing two
live birds and bird artifacts (the first visit was a
Red-tailed Hawk and Barred Owl the second was another Red-tailed Hawk
and a Barn Owl). People were allowed to observe the birds and
ask the CRC staff members questions.
On June 19 the CRC contacted 243 people and on August 21 they contacted
530 people!!! In four hours 773 park visitors were able to
see live, native raptors up-close and ask questions about
them! I personally heard many remakes about how wonderful it
was to see the birds up close, or statements of amazement at the birds,
and even people that commented about not knowing that “birds
like that” lived around here!
The events were attended by a very diverse audience from babies to
retired folks, and by Asians, African Americans and Caucasians, and
even downtown Charlotte residents to rural visitors!
Jason
C. Gwinn
Park
Ranger
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FSP
Funds taxidermy for Elk Knob State
Natural Area educational efforts.
2010
This
new
natural area is already a hit with the local community and visitors. |
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FSP helps fund two
week-long 2010
Administrative Professional Training conferences.
We helped fill the gap in a year of extra tight budget restrictions to
support 90 DEPR staff from across the state to continue their training
on how to best support our park visitors. |
FSP
partners with Great Outdoor
Provision to send five NC Department of Parks Recreation staff to the
2010 National Association
for Interpretation Region 3 Annual Workshop in Asheville, NC.
This
is one of the places where
park advocates,
volunteers and park staff can come together for development and
skill-building. It is
a tremendous opportunity to network with
other interpreters. Last year there were approximately 130
people
in attendance
from multiple states and agencies including federal, state and
municipal
agencies, non-profit organizations and private industry. With
so
many
different backgrounds and experiences, there are several resources for
new
ideas to apply, or to get advice from when dealing with issues that
someone
else has already had to deal with and resolve. This idea
sharing
is a great opportunity for the park educators to learn the most
efficient effective ways of fulfilling their unique roles.
We are glad to be able to help during this tough budget times. |
"Bubba" a
Great Blue Heron mount at Chimney Rock State Park
This poor guy was found frozen last winter but has been restored to
help educate generations of visitors
FSP
helps support the taxidermy exhibits
that are a favorite of
visiting students. 2009 |
Crowders
Mountains gains new Beaver Mount for education
FSP helps support the taxidermy exhibits that are a favorite
of
visiting students. 2009
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