Kerry Wood Nature Centre
http://www.city.red-deer.ab.ca/kerry/
The Kerry Wood Nature Centre is a park and federal migratory bird sanctuary that offers an extensive program of natural history interpretation, major special events, school, youth group and public programs, daycamps and even sleepovers!
The Waskasoo Park Interpretive Program operates the city- and district-wide interpretive and environmental education program. This includes managing the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Historic Fort Normandeau, Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary and the Allen Bungalow - an Alberta Registered Historic Resource.
The Nature Centre is is located at 6300 - 45 Avenue in Red Deer. For more information on the Nature Centre and its programs you can reach them by phone (403)346-2010, fax 403 347-2550, or online through its website or via email at kwnc@telusplanet.net. The Kerry Wood Nature Centre is open year-round, closing only on Christmas day.
Our thanks goes out to Jim Robertson, our main contact with the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, for his dedication and expertise in the various areas of our website.
Jim was born in Montreal, Quebec, and grew up in Val David. He obtained a BSc from McGill University, concentrating on biology and the natural sciences. He has previously worked as a naturalist at Mont St-Hilaire Nature Conservation Centre, and as a park Interpreter and Planner at Banff National Park before moving to Red Deer to start the Waskasoo Park Interpretive Program.
Happily married, with two children, Jim enjoys skiing, administering first aid as part of the Canadian Ski Patrol, horseback riding, travel, canoeing, hiking and camping in the mountains, and ,of course, Natural history and interpretation.
His goals at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre are to expand the building, improve on the permanent exhibits, secure adequate funding levels to staff and operate the the interpretive program at a level it deserves and to ensure that the programs are of high quality, well-attended and relevant.