The Irish Peatland Conservation Council will once again be offering a special interest evening education course on bogs to adults in 2009.
If you are interested in learning more about the amazing wildlife of the bog and the preserving powers of turf, why not enrol?
The course, entitled Wet, Wild and Wonderful Bogs and Fens, begins on Tuesday 24th February and runs for six weeks. Each two-hour session includes hands on classes and slide shows on the life in the bog and on the ways the Dutch and Irish people have worked to save the bogs.
The course will also include a field trip on Saturday 4th April to three peatland sites in the Bog of Allen.
Booking through the Adult Education Centre, UCD on tel 01-7167123. Please quote HN207. Fee 210 Euro.