(fake bugs, not real ones!) out at Los Cerritos Wetlands.
| Thanks to the generosity of the AES Corporation, the Port of Long Beach, the California Coastal Conservancy, Long Beach Parks Rec, and Marine, the Adams Legacy Foundation, and the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority, we have hosted a record number of field trips this year for students who attend Title 1 schools. We love hosting these enthusiastic scholars whose grades range from 2nd through 5th (and sometimes a bit older). Not only are the students bright and inquisitive, but you can see they enjoy the rich learning experience provided by our colleagues from Tidal Influence. The students enjoy a truly hands-on learning experience: hunting for bugs (fake bugs, of course) to learn about wetlands entomology, making a mud ball full of seeds that they hurl into the wetlands (thus adding seeds to the area which helps grow wetlands plants), and making a plant press of a wetlands plant (part of a wetlands botany lesson) that they take home. With the school year wrapping up, we are turning our eyes towards field trips for students who participate in Long Beach’s Park and Rec program that provides summer activities for youth in our City’s urban parks. We love those kids too and can’t believe we have been hosting those field trips for over 10 years! It’s all part of our philosophy and values…..that access to the natural world should be available to all, not just those who have the resources to travel and visit exotic natural areas. Shouldn’t we all do what we can to create a more just and equitable society? Los Cerritos Wetlands is, and should be, a resource not only for fragile and threatened species but for the human population of Long Beach as well. We are making progress, and that is worth celebrating. Cheers to our funders and cheers to you for supporting the protection and preservation of Los Cerritos Wetlands. We couldn’t do it without you; we appreciate you. |
Zedler Marsh outdoor classroom