CMA Events & Training

Olympic Developments in the Lee Valley – Legacy or Lunacy?

Study Day on Wednesday 30th June 2010

The 2012 Olympics White Water Canoe Course (WWCC) is being built in the River Lee Country Park (RLCP) at Waltham Abbey; Essex. The Lee Valley Park Rangers and Conservation team were heavily involved in this development and there have been a number of issues that they have had to overcome including visitor management, biodiversity and planning. The day will start at the Cheshunt Youth Hostel in RLCP with a presentation and a look at the info. room for the WWCC. We will then walk down through RLCP to the site of the development (we won’t have access but can look over the site from a viewpoint). As a part of the planning conditions there are a number of environmental enhancement schemes that we can take a look at. After lunch we will visit Seventy Acres Lake and look at the reedbeds which were planted under a LIFE funded scheme to improve habitat in the hope of encouraging breeding Bitterns.

To book please contact CMA Administration: Writtle College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3RR
Tel: 01245 424116

e-mail: cma@writtle.ac.uk

A review and exploration of the Learning Opportunities offered by this award winning site.
The review will look at Education provision for formal and informal clients and look at some of the approaches used to interpret this heritage site encompassing over 200 ha of mixed woodland, ponds, pasture, formal gardens, Farm, Walled Garden and historic Country House with associated outbuildings. A Green Flag Park, VAQAS approved and the base for the Ranger Interpretation Service (RIS) operations which extend throughout Liverpool City Parks. The visit will look at some of the different approaches used to deliver visits (formal and informal education) at the venue, some of which will be replicated in other parks.

The site accommodates different user groups – from school groups using “The outdoor” classroom of the parkland and gardens, to public heritage tours within the hall, day visitors to the Farm and Gardens, playgroups, societies and walkers, conference delegates. The day will look at how the different demands are managed to generate income streams in order to fully exploit the potential to reach as many people as possible and to meet individual customer requirements and expectations.

Start 10.30 am
Lunch 12.30pm delegates to bring their own packed lunch
Finish 3.15pm

CMA Members £FREE
Non-members £35 (includes free CMA membership)

To book please complete booking from overleaf or contact CMA Administration:
Writtle College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3RR
Tel: 01245 424116
e-mail: cma@writtle.ac.uk

Tuesday 27th April 2010 10am to 3.30pm
Tamar Valley Centre, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall. PL18 9FE
5 mins walk from Gunnislake Station, off A390 at petrol station at the top of Gunnislake Hill

The aim of this training day is for participants to gain enough knowledge to return to their sites and set up a basic monitoring scheme which can also be fed into Butterfly Conservations records

9.45 – 10.15 Registration and welcome, tea and coffee available
10.15 – 1pm introduction to butterflies and butterfly monitoring led by Ian Middlebrook of Butterfly Conservation.
1pm – 1.45 Lunch. Please bring packed lunch, there is a shop nearby to buy pasties etc.
1.45 Leave centre for site visit to Greenscoobe Wood where there is an established transect for monitoring heath fritillaries.
3.30pm Finish (in time for the return train to Plymouth)

CMA Members £FREE
Non-members £35 (includes free CMA membership)

To book please contact CMA Administration:
Writtle College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3RR
Tel: 01245 424116
e-mail: cma@writtle.ac.uk

Tuesday 23rd March 2010

Hauxley Nature Reserve. Hauxley Links, Low Hauxley Northumberland on 23rd March 2010

10.00 a.m. for 10.30 start

1pm Lunch - Please bring your own lunch, tea and coffee will be provided

3 – 3.30p.m. Finish

This is an opportunity to hear about how Northumberland Wildlife Trust have approached partnership working, and a chance to learn more about techniques for managing wetlands. The day will include some background information about their partnerships, which are key to managing the site, plus a visit to the wetlands areas and reed beds, where you’ll also hear more about their future hopes for the partnership. There will also be time for any questions you may have.

CMA Members Free

Non Members £35

To book please contact CMA Administration:
Writtle College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3RR
Tel: 01245 424116
e-mail: cma@writtle.ac.uk