North Wales A valuable partnership By Mandy Cartwright - North Wales Officer For the past 7 years, Coleg Cambria, one of the highest performing colleges in Wales, have brought a variety of groups out to our nature reserves in north east Wales to help manage the habitat for great crested newts and other important aspects of our local wildlife; the results are a real boost for the biodiversity of the area. The tasks include clearing aquatic vegetation from ponds, scrub control to manage and enhance terrestrial habitat and also maintaining site infrastructure. We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you. We are very grateful for all the help each and every student has contributed to helping us manage the nature reserves in north east Wales. Each year many students from Coleg Cambria arrive full of enthusiasm and energy and the desire to help maintain their local wildlife habitats. Their help is invaluable and the partnership is one that we all look forward to continuing in future years.
Hayley Burkey, Coleg Cambria said, “The students gain a lot of experience and valuable teamwork skills from volunteering with ARC and it links in well with their vocational studies. The students enjoy being at the nature reserves and learning about the British wildlife and for many sparks a passion in conservation.”
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Photos: Students hard at work during a habitat management task © Mandy Cartwright (ARC)
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