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Turtle Hill Golf Club & BAMZ Turtle ProjectWednesday, September 04, 2013
The Fairmont Southampton’s Championship Par 3 golf course, The Turtle Hill Golf Club, is living up to its name. The golf club was rebranded to the current name in October 2012 to portray an authentically local name, and to bring awareness to the sea turtle preservation efforts in Bermuda.
Back to school strategising
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
I love the smell of newly sharpened pencils. Never mind the thrill of buying a new pencil case! I have a bit of a ‘thing’ for stationery but particularly when it’s mixed with the buzz of anticipation that comes with the start of a new year at school.
More Reef Watch teams needed
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The Bermuda Zoological Society is looking for at least six more volunteer teams to participate in Reef Watch on August 31.
Want to help with reef research? You can still sign up
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
There is still time for volunteers to sign up to this Saturday’s Reef Watch event which will use teams of volunteer citizen scientists to monitor the health of Bermuda’s economically important reef systems.
Countdown To BZS’s “Reef Watch” Event
Monday, August 26, 2013
Excitement is mounting as teams have been registering for the upcoming Reef Watch which will be held on Saturday, August 31.
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All the latest updates and news from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, one of Bermuda's leading visitor attractions!
By Jonathan Bell
Published Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:00 am
Some of the Aquarium’s residents will be released into the wild later this year to make way for refurbishments.
Government plans to replace the roof of the facility over the autumn or winter of this year, Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo principal curator Ian Walker said.
Added Dr Walker: “The roof, which is currently suffering from water damage, is original to the 1926 structure of the aquarium and has been difficult to maintain given its proximity to the tanks and aquarium fish collections.”
The work is being scheduled after the busy summer season.
“It is expected that the North Rock exhibit will remain open to the public during the construction, while the fish and live corals in the existing tanks, directly affected by the roof replacement, will either be temporarily housed in other holding tanks or released into the wild,” Dr Walker added.
He said the cutting of Government’s grants to the Bermuda Zoological Society wouldn’t stop the BZS from offering its educational programmes.
“With regards to the loss of the BZS Educational Science and Biodiversity Research grants, the organisation was aware that this was a possibility given the current financial climate.
“There is no doubt that the loss of both grants will have a significant impact on the BZS and make it more challenging to operate.
“However over the last year the BZS has worked extremely hard to reorganise and restructure to make itself as lean as possible.”
Savings measures, plus donations and community support, would enable the BZS not only to maintain its programmes for schools, but to expand its offerings, to meet growing demands from “both the public and private school system as well as the community at large”, he said.
To book classes, including free access to the BAMZ bus and the science boat Endurance, Dr Walker asked teachers to make the enquiries at the aquarium.
Useful website: www.bamz.org.