HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.
School Programs Grades 2-5
ESTUARY ECOLOGY
Learn about estuaries and watersheds through activities including water quality testing (dissolved oxygen and turbidity, primarily), a shoreline walk, fish seining, and watershed lessons.
PROGRAM INFORMATION:
Maximum 60 students per trip
Cost: $150/group up to 30, $225/group up to 45, or $300/group up to 60
WETLAND ANIMAL AND PLANT ADAPTATIONS
Discover the unique and often amazing adaptations that enable plants and animals to survive in wetland habitats through hands on activities and interaction with live animals and study mounts. Choose four of the following animals or plants:
Turtles
Fish
Birds
Beaver
Wetland Plants
PROGRAM INFORMATION:
Maximum 60 students per trip
Cost: $150/group up to 30, $225/group up to 45, or $300/group up to 60
Programs can also be customized to meet your specific curriculum requirements.
For more information or to register your group for a school program please contact:
Lauren Greoski, Park Naturalist
Anita C. Leight Estuary Center
Harford County Parks & Recreation
Phone: 410-612-1688
Fax: 410-612-0819
Email: lmgreoski@harfordcountymd.gov
Calendar of EventsView all
- Clams - Can You Dig It?08/24/2019 @ 10:00 am-12:00 pmClams are environmental heroes and gastronomical treats! Dig into the mud of Otter Point Creek to harvest clams, use those clams in a demonstration of their superhero filtering capacity, and then dig into the finer points of steaming and consuming clams!
- Tails and Tots08/25/2019 @ 2:00 pm-3:00 pmStory time with a natural twist! Listen to stories, learn new songs, and move like the animals.
- Build-a-Boat Float08/31/2019 @ 1:30 pm-3:00 pmSearch the forest and shoreline for the perfect materials to design and construct a rustic natural boat. How well will your boat float? Test it out along the shoreline of Otter Point Creek!
- Sunday Trail Running09/01/2019 @ 10:00 am-11:00 amLog your miles while enjoying some beautiful scenery and some fellow nature enthusiasts! All skill levels/paces welcome. The course is an out and back, single track, approx. 2 miles long (but you can run it more than once if you choose).
- Wild Rice Canoe09/07/2019 @ 1:00 pm-3:30 pmWander through the waving stalks of wild rice within the marsh. Taste what was once a staple of Native American diets and remains an important food source for migrating birds.
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