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Shiawassee Refuge Opens Green Point Environmental Learning Center on Weekends
Midwest Region, May 3, 2007
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Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge's Green Point Environmental Learning Center. - USFWS Photo by Steven Kahl
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge's Green Point Environmental Learning Center.

- USFWS Photo by Steven Kahl

Visitors view exhibits at Green Point ELC. - USFWS Photo by: Rebecca Goche
Visitors view exhibits at Green Point ELC.

- USFWS Photo by: Rebecca Goche

School kids get marsh tour at Green Point ELC. - USFWS Photo by: Rebecca Goche
School kids get marsh tour at Green Point ELC.

- USFWS Photo by: Rebecca Goche

For the first time since 1996, the Green Point Environmental Learning Center (ELC) at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge will be open during weekends.  The center previously was only open weekdays.  The new seven day per week schedule begins May 3 and will continue through September 28.  Visitors can see multiple exhibits on the refuge and its wildlife.  Further, a series of new weekend guided hikes and educational programs are planned throughout the period.

Green Point ELC is located on the north side of the refuge within the city limits of Saginaw.  Nature trails wind 2.5 miles through forest, wetlands, meadows, and past the Tittabawassee River.  The Center is currently used by 4,000 visitors annually.  It is hoped these new hours and programs will increase visitation dramatically.

Green Point Nature Center was officially opened in 1978 by the City of Saginaw with support from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund.  In a spending cut, the City of Saginaw closed the Green Point Nature Center in 1988.  In 1993, the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service agreed to lease the Center from the City.  In the following years, the Service continued to lease and operate the Center as the Green Point ELC.  In 1999, the Service received two 99-year leases for the center from the City as a part of a settled claim for natural resource damages with General Motors, the City of Saginaw, and the City of Bay City for releases of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Saginaw River and Bay.

Contact Info: Midwest Region Public Affairs, 612-713-5313, charles_traxler@fws.gov



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