Junior Naturalist Program

The Junior Naturalist program is scheduled during the following hours:

Saturday - April 21      9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday - April 22    12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

To promote awareness of nature and the refuges, Migration Celebration started the Junior Naturalist Program for children in 2010.   On Saturday and Sunday, Jr. Naturalist candidates pick up a passport (booklet) near the Information Booth at the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge headquarters.   Many different activities are listed in the passport along with questions about the activity.   You visit a number of the activities, answer the questions asked in the passport, and have your passport stamped at each activity.   After completing a certain number of the activities, you take the stamped passport to the Friends of the Brazoria Wildlife Refuges Nature Store in the Exhibits Building and receive a free prize.

This fun and educational activity that also helps guide you to many of the things going on. So, be sure to pick up a passport for the kids and a site map when you arrive.

Our Junior Naturalist Pledge is:
   •  I will stay on the paths and trails in the refuge.
   •  I will not litter.   I will pick up any trash I see and leave the refuge cleaner than when I arrived.
   •  I will not feed, chase, or scare birds or other animals.
   •  I will not pick wildflowers, break off limbs, peel bark off trees, or harm any plants.
   •  I will talk to my friends and family and encourage them to protect the refuge with me.

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