This year four groups from the Governor’s School spent three days each at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education center. Our entire staff (two program directors and four interns) had an opportunity to work with one or more of these groups. As even though some of the teachers had never been to Sedge before we all had a super time. The paragraph below describes the experience as seen through the eyes of one of the interns.
When this group first stepped off the bus, Jim and I were worried as some of the students seemed to have a rather negative attitude toward their trip to Sedge. However after a couple hours with this group, our first impressions were completely changed. This was a great, enthusiastic bunch of kids from Governor’s School. We went kayaking, crabbing, fishing, claming, and birding. One girl from Jersey City with little outdoor experience had the opportunity to work a great deal with John Wnek, a research scientist from Drexel University. . She helped him tag Diamond Backed Terrapins and together they reburied the turtle eggs in special, protected plots. It was great to see this girl get involved! Also, while this group was on the Island, they got to see and experience a group called YERT. “YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip) is a year-long eco-expedition through all 50 United States. With video camera in hand and tongue in cheek, “we're exploring the landscape of America's unique approach to environmental sustainability.” (check out www.yert.com) Dinner time was especially fun with this group. We had quiet a feast. We ate crabs, clams, mussels, and blue fish (we caught all of this food). It was great to see everyone try everything.
Sedge Intern,
Samantha Tennick
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