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Newport Wetlands

Newport Wetlands. Environmental Education and Visitor Centre Project. History. 1996 Cardiff Bay Bill passed 1998 Construction of NWR started 2000 Land handed over to CCW. Initial Objectives. to provide a site that would sustain nationally important numbers of at

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Newport Wetlands

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  1. Newport Wetlands Environmental Education and Visitor Centre Project

  2. History • 1996 Cardiff Bay Bill passed • 1998 Construction of NWR started • 2000 Land handed over to CCW

  3. Initial Objectives • 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Funding • Objective 2 • Newport Local Regeneration Funding • WTB / Visit Wales • RSPB • CCW • Environment Agency Wales • Newport Landfill Tax

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