Discover NC! Mecklenburg County

Latta Plantation Nature Center and Preserve

Huntersville, NC (http://web.eenorthcarolina.org/net/content/go.aspx?s=43794.0.108.37430)

Provider: Office of Environmental Education

Resource summary

• Appropriate grades: 3–12
• Subjects: science (biology and life science, environmental science)
• Provider: Office of Environmental Education

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More on the web

• North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission - Wildlife Species and Habitat Information A North Carolina Wildlife Resources site with detailed information about wildlife resources and management in the state. Information about animals such as the wood duck, white-tailed deer, beaver, wild turkey, quail, sea turtles, and predators such as various owls, osprey, black bear, wild boar and the gray fox is found here.
• NatureWorks Learn about animal adaptations, habitats and interdependence or go straight to the facts about North American animals and birds.
• eNature.com Includes a field guide with over 5,000 species, a habitat gallery of places for wildlife near you, migration information, an ask-the-expert area, and more. You can also listen to an audio clip of the bird of the day!

The Nature Center serves as the gateway to the 1,290-acre Latta Plantation Nature Preserve and is the source for educational programs and information on the preserve's flora and fauna. It is Mecklenburg County's largest preserve and "forms a green peninsula extending into Mountain Island Lake and protects a natural heritage site and several endangered plants."

The Latta Plantation Nature Center offers environmental education programs for Pre-K through 12th grade students as well as scout troops, youth groups, and other organized groups.

For more information or to make reservations call 704-875-1391 or send email to smithmk@co.mecklenburg.nc.us.

Also see the Alternative to the Animals Report by Melissa Thibault.