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The Living Coast Discovery Center is a small zoo and aquarium educational facility located on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, Sweetwater Marsh Unit.〔PR Newswire (February 18, 2015) ("SDG&E Establishes $2 Million Endowment Fund To Support Chula Vista's Living Coast Discovery Center" ) ''CNN Money''〕 Permanent exhibits at the Living Coast focus on native flora and fauna found in Southern California. The site consists of several large exhibit spaces: ·Turtle Lagoon (Eastern Pacific Green Sea Turtles)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelivingcoast.org/exhibits/turtle-lagoon/ )〕 ·Discovery Center Galleria (Seahorses, jellies, eels, sharks, lobsters, crabs, octopus, garibaldi, sea stars, snakes, lizards)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelivingcoast.org/exhibits/discovery-center/ )〕 ·Shark & Ray Experience & Sting Ray Touch pool (Leopard sharks, grey smooth-hound sharks, horn sharks, swell shark, shovel-nose guitarfish, bat rays, round rays, diamond rays, crabs and fish, Sapphire the Loggerhead sea turtle)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelivingcoast.org/exhibits/shark-ray-experience/ )〕 ·Burrowing Owl Courtyard (burrowing owls) ·Shorebird Aviary (Light-footed clapper rail, snowy egret, black-crowned night heron, black oyster catcher, red-breasted merganser, hooded merganser, and more)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelivingcoast.org/exhibits/shorebird-aviary/ )〕 ·Raptor Row (Red-tailed Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Turkey Vulture, Barn Owl, Great-horned Owl, Burrowing Owl, American Kestrel)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelivingcoast.org/exhibits/raptor-row/ )〕 ·Eagle Mesa (Golden eagle, Bald eagle)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelivingcoast.org/exhibits/eagle-mesa/ )〕 ·Native Plant Gardens & Composting Demonstration Garden (Shaw’s Agave, Coastal Sagebrush, San Diego Sunflower, Saltwort, Mountain Lilac, Coast Cholla, Coastal Bush Sunflower, Flat top Buckwheat, Coast Barrel Cactus, Alkali Heath, Baja Bush Snapdragon, Gumplant, Toyon, Chapparal Candle, Iris, Goldenbush, Bladderpod, Chaparral Bushmallow, Coast Monkey Flower, etc.)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelivingcoast.org/exhibits/native-plant-gardens/ )〕 The Living Coast runs a new seasonal exhibit each year, featuring animals from around the world, from late March/April through Labor Day. In addition to general public exhibits, the Living Coast hosts over 15,000 school children at their facility each year〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelivingcoast.org/schools-teachers/ )〕 for educational field trips that focus on Science & Environmental programs. Originally opened in 1987 as the 'Chula Vista Nature Center'- owned and operated by the City of Chula Vista, the organization transitioned over to a 501(c)3 Non-profit in February 2010. "The Living Coast Discovery Center inspires the care and exploration of the living Earth by connecting people with coastal animals, plants and habitats. The mission of the Living Coast Discovery Center is to: * Partner in collaborative research and restoration of coastal wetlands and bays. * Provide student-focused education through STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. * Increase knowledge of coastal environments, climate change adaptation, and human coexistence with the natural resources of San Diego Bay."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thelivingcoast.org/about-us/ )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Living Coast Discovery Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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