A day at Cubihatcha

The Cubihatcha Outdoor Education Center is a nature preserve located almost directly across from the Noah's Ark animal park.


Working with the children



Every fall, area third graders visit the Center. Their visits are organized through the Henry County Outdoor Education Partnership in collaboration with the Henry County Water and Sewer Authority, the Henry County Board of Education and many other local and regional sponsors.



I have been trained as a master gardener through the UGA Cooperative Extension Office and the Henry County Extension office. We sometimes help with 4H training and activities.



The Water Strider

Last October, we hosted third graders and helped them understand water tension and how the water strider can walk across the water. We helped them do an experiment where they floated paper clips on the surface of the water to mimic how a water strider doesn’t break water tension.

The Cubihatcha Outdoor Education Center was built in 1999 as a Wetland enhancement and protection corridor. The Henry County Water and Sewer Authority developed the area as a wetland mitigation plan and it is composed of about 1,000 acres of bottomland, hardwood and forested wetlands and uplands.

People can walk the nature trail, fish and have a picnic.

If you have questions on the Henry County Extension Service or Cubihatcha, please call me or check out the following sites.

http://www.caes.uga.edu/extension/henry/
http://www.hcwsa.com/cubihatcha-reservoir-managmeent