Great Swamp Watershed Association Announces Late-Winter Activities

With spring on its way, the Great Swamp Watershed is revving up outdoor and educational activities showcasing the natural environment.

Nature Detective Hike, Saturday, February 24, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Investigate the great outdoors and observe animals going about their late-winter search for food and their daily lives. Search for tracks and scats, nibbles and nests of the denizens of the swamp. Event is held rain, snow, or shine at the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Pleasant Plains Road, Morristown. Fee: $8 Members. $10 Non Members. Children 5 and under free. Pre-registration required.

Watershed Fun Scout Night, Friday, March 2. Two sessions: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Learn amazing stuff about the watershed we live in! Hands-on activities and games will show what can be done to keep the water and land of the Great Swamp safe for every inhabitant. Designed to meet several scouting badge guidelines, the program is best suited for six- to ten-year-old Boy and Girl Scouts, with an adult in attendance for every three scouts. Fee: Adults free. Scouts $10. Event will be held at Great Swamp Watershed Association headquarters on Tempe Wick Road. Pre-registration is required.

For information and event registration, visit the website at www.greatswamp.org, or contact Hazel England, hazele@greatswamp.org, 973-538-3500, extension 20.

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Founded in 1981, the Great Swamp Watershed Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the water and land of the 36,000-acre watershed region in Morris and Somerset counties. We work to maintain the beauty and health of our open space, and to monitor and protect five streams — Loantaka Brook, Great Brook, Primrose Brook, Black Brook, and the headwaters of the Passaic River — which feed the Passaic River, providing drinking water to more than a million people.
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