Employees volunteer to help create ecological areas at Corus in Shotton

Mar 11 2010 Flintshire Chronicle

A PROJECT is under way at Corus's site in Shotton, headed by the Resources and Business Improvement Department, to allow parties of schoolchildren to visit the ecological areas of the site.

The works lagoons, which have been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, create an ideal environment for children to learn about wildlife and how a nature reserve can exist within the boundary of an industrial site.

Working together with local schools, and the various conservation bodies that already play a role in maintaining the reed bed and lagoon area, Karen Gilbert, Steve Hughes and Katja Pesonen have been tasked with creating this unique learning experience.

The lagoon area is being transformed, with the addition of pathways, viewing areas and ultimately a hide.

Educational resources are also being drawn up, in the form of informative signs and worksheets depicting wildlife on site, Shotton Steelworks history and the industrial water cycle.

As part of the project, the current Tern Centre is being converted to be used as a classroom area.

There is a lot of work to be done so employees volunteered to help out in their free time on Saturday, to paint and spruce up the Tern Centre.