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SPEAKER SERIES PROGRAM

"IMPORTANCE OF SALT MARSH AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE"

Tuesday, FEBRUARY 11

speaker Heather Nagy

Please join us and learn how salt marshes play a crucial role in climate resiliency by serving as natural buffers against storm surges and coastal erosion, mitigating the impacts of extreme weather events. Also, the presentation will explain how NFLT (North Florida Land Trust) has worked to specifically target regionally significant properties with salt marsh environments in order to implement the goals of stakeholders in the region to protect those environments and realize their resiliency potential.


FIELD TRIP
MIKE ROESS GOLD HEAD BRANCH STATE PARK
 Saturday, FEBRUARY 22
Join us as we explore examples of prescribed fire seen at the December 10th “Prescribed Fire” program,
along with some bird watching.
Approx. 2 - 3 hours

DIFFICULTY LEVEL 2: May involve uneven terrain; 1 to 2 miles.
To reserve your spot contact
Anne Pierce santafeaudubonfl@aol.com

Entry Fee:
$5 per vehicle (two to eight people)
$4 single-occupant vehicle and motorcycles
Meet at Gold Head’s picnic/parking area
(1.7 miles from the entrance) at 8:30 AM
Entrance address is 6239 State Road 21, Keystone Heights
ask for a park map to locate the picnic/parking area

RESTROOMS ARE AT THIS LOCATION


GTM NERR - RESEARCH RESERVE
Saturday, MARCH 8
Teeming with life, the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM NERR Research Reserve) is a dynamic, ever changing place with many interconnected habitats from the ocean to the forests which provides for a great diversity of plants and animals.

Approx. 2 - 3 hours Difficulty Level 2
May involve uneven terrain; yellow trail is 2.2 miles round trip
PARKING FEE: $3.00 per vehicle up to 8 people
To reserve your spot contact: santafeaudubonfl@aol.com
To caravan from Melrose meet on the west side of Heritage Park at 7:15 AM OR
GTM Reserve - 505 Guana River Rd, Ponte Vedra Beach at 9:00 AM
at the trailhead parking lot which is straight back as far as you can drive once you turn off A1A
(over a fourth of a mile beyond the visitor center turnoff).
Restrooms are near the entrance and the parking lot, where we will meet.

Stay hydrated and use sunscreen.

If you are not a member or friend of Santa Fe Audubon (a chapter in North Central Florida) and would like to be on our email list to receive our newsletter, please email us at santafeaudubonfl@aol.com


Sallie Carlock
President



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Active: Oct. - May
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When: Speaker Series Programs are held Tuesdays evenings at 6:45PM October thru May

Where: Trinity Episcopal Parish Hall (204 SR 26 downtown Melrose)

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Ann Stodola
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Anne Pierce
Ida Little
Joyce King
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Jan & Bill Bolte
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Palatka Waterworks Earth Day Bird Walk
April 2015
A bird walk kicked off a full day of events at the Palatka WaterWorks Earth Day celebration, called “Birds, Bees, Flowers, Trees.” Joyce King and Carol Foil led the walk through the nature trail to the gopher tortoise habitat, and past the organic garden and wildflower garden at the WaterWorks Environmental Ed Center. Several novice birdwatchers were thrilled to count 29 species of birds. Water for the city of Palatka was supplied by the creek that carved the deep ravine at Ravine Gardens State Park; the water works is being restored, and will be the focus of the environmental education center.