A Raptors Ridge Birds of Prey volunteer with Chico the barred owl held the attention of the kids at the ARMS workshop on Saturday. (Neil Corbett/THE NEWS)

A Raptors Ridge Birds of Prey volunteer with Chico the barred owl held the attention of the kids at the ARMS workshop on Saturday. (Neil Corbett/THE NEWS)

ARMS offers free OWLES workshop Saturday

Raptors Ridge brings live owls to educational event in Maple Ridge

Saturday afternoon the Alouette River Management Society (ARMS) hosted an educational workshop and fundraiser for families.

Raptors Ridge was at the Rivers Heritage Centre with live owls, and spoke about endangered species, food chains, ecosystems and habitat.

Families were also building screech owl habitat boxes out of cedar, to take home.

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