Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center
Opening Weekend, March 17-18, 2006

The Fitz WERC Visitor Center.

Guests enjoy the outdoor classroom.

Donors, students, teachers, and volunteers enjoy refreshments.

Patrick Orozco and the Pajaro Valley Ohlone Council perform a blessing ceremony in the Fitz WERC classroom.
Restoration Specialist Jonathan and a docent show off the site for the Ruth Hofmeister Memorial Greenhouse.
Visitors examine the electronic microscopes.


Pajaro Valley High School teacher and docent Rich Moran chats with a guest.

Students, teachers, administrators, and volunteers mingle in the outdoor classroom.

PVUSD Associate Superintendent Catherine Hatch and PVHS Principal Pancho Rodriguez address the crowd.

Donors, volunteers, and stakeholders witness the opening remarks.

WERC Educational Programs Director Rachel Garrett chats with guests.

Guests check out the new computer lab and student displays.

A Wetlands Watch docent interprets a wetlands map to guests.

Celebrating Our Wetlands!

Photographs by Watsonville Wetlands Watch volunteer docents
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