Urban Trekkers June 12-14,2006

The American Littoral Society made it possible for a group of students from Camden’s Urban Promise Academy to spend three days at Sedge.  Prior to their arrival, the students conducted research on animals commonly found in our salt marsh.  On their first day the students met their goals of seeing both an osprey (they saw many osprey- sitting on nests and bringing in fish for their mates) and the peregrine falcon (they saw adults and two juveniles that are almost ready to fledge).  The goal of seeing a live blue fish almost went un-met until on the last morning Brett, our newest intern, landed his first blue fish ever.  Students helped fillet the fish and even tasted small portions of raw fish as they were cleaning it.  Brett got to eat his first bluefish for dinner that night.

Urban Trekkers are an active group of students who leave the city to bicycle, camp, sail and canoe all around the northeast.  We hope they will schedule a trip to Sedge as one of their annual activities.

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