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Reptiles And Animal Habitats At Living Coast Discovery Center

By Dwane Brown / KPBS Evening Edition Anchor/Reporter

Published May 9, 2014 at 1:12 PM PDT

This story was published more than 11 years ago.

Reptiles And Animal Habitats At Living Coast Discovery Center

Evening Edition anchor Dwane Brown is back exploring “Our Wild San Diego.” On Friday, Brown returned to the Living Coast Discovery Center in Chula Vista.

The center is home to more than 350 animal and plant species, and sits on the 316-acre Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.

Our Wild San Diego

In his series "Our Wild San Diego," KPBS anchor Dwane Brown takes you to places in San Diego County to discover the animals and plants that live here. He explores everything from sea creatures to birds to reptiles and shows the habitats where they live. Along the way, you meet the people working to protect our local environment.

Brown spoke with Sherry Lankston, guest experience manager at the center, and Kurt Roblek with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Brown also got to meet a tortoise and some snakes, and learned about different types of animal habitats in San Diego and how birds “talk.”

Last month, Brown visited the center to see some aquatic animals found off San Diego's coast.

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Dwane Brown

Brown started his career with KPBS in the early '90s as a radio anchor and reporter before expanding his broadcast news experience at CBS radio and television in New York. He’s been a news director, anchor, reporter and correspondent in San Francisco and has worked as a writer, producer, assignment editor and talk show host. He returned to KPBS in 2005. As the former anchor for KPBS Evening Edition, Brown provided an in-depth look at issues and stories relevant to San Diego. He spent nearly seven years as anchor/host of Morning Edition on KPBS Radio. Between 2006 and 2010, the San Diego Press Club named Brown "Best Morning Newscaster" in San Diego Radio. In 2006, the Society of Professional Journalists also named him "Best Morning Newscaster." During that time he managed and taught a two-week high school boot camp for aspiring radio reporters at KPBS in conjunction with the California Chicano News Media Association. Brown studied English/Journalism at San Diego State University and is a Fast Trac graduate from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He’s a popular public speaker and Toastmaster International member. He’s been master of ceremonies for the American Red Cross, VA Medical Center San Diego, Urban League, San Diego Office of Emergency Services and numerous foundations. Brown is also a voice actor for movie, documentary, television, radio and Internet projects.

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