The 14th annual Environmental Fun Day, organized by the Wheatley River Improvement Group and the Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group, took place at Campbell’s Pond in New Glasgow on Friday June 7th, 2024. Over 110 grade 5/6 students from Central Queens Elementary, Gulf Shore Consolidated and École Saint-Augustin joined us for a fun day of environmental education. The students rotated through six different educational stations and filled out their ‘Fun Day Passports’ after each environmental presentation. Rebecca Ramos from the Watershed Alliance came to talk about bats, scat and tracks; Parks Canada presented on coastal ecology; Nicole Murtagh and Matt Sheidow gave an electrofishing lesson; staff from PEI’s Forests, Fish & Wildlife came out to talk about wildfire prevention & suppression; Peter McMurchy with Island Falconry Services spoke about falconry and birds of prey; and, staff from the PEI Invasive Species Council had an “invasives” scavenger hunt. It was an excellent day, and we are grateful for our wonderful presenters, all the great volunteers that came out to help, and the fantastic students and teachers that joined us!
