2007 04 Newport Wetlands Centre - Sue Rice, Countryside Council for Wales
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Transcript of 2007 04 Newport Wetlands Centre - Sue Rice, Countryside Council for Wales
Newport WetlandsEnvironmental Educationand Visitor Centre Project
• 1996 Cardiff Bay Bill passed
• 1998 Construction of NWR started
• 2000 Land handed over to CCW
History
• to provide a site that would sustain nationally important numbers of at least two species of waterfowl• be eligible for designation as a SPA alongside the Severn Estuary within five years • in the long term, attract internationally important numbers of certain bird species
Initial Objectives
• Dedicated classrooms
• Reception
• Meeting rooms
• Offices
• Volunteer facilities
• First point of contact with Centre staff• Availability of information about the reserve• Use of facilities by local community
• Visitors encouraged into
building and environs
• Outdoor classroom space
• Bug hunting
• Pond dipping
• Visitor facilities
• Ridge and Furrow area
• Hay meadow
• Wet grassland
• Reed bed
Funding
• Objective 2• Newport Local Regeneration Funding • WTB / Visit Wales • RSPB • CCW • Environment Agency Wales• Newport Landfill Tax