Our February 8, 2025 Exploration Day Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve saw nearly 200 visitors discovering the flora and beauty of the 80-acre restored golf course.
Tours and presentations covered native plants, habitat restoration, butterflies, seagrass monitoring, water quality initiatives, pond restoration, and tarpon netting, with exhibits by partner organizations including Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center, Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves, the Florida Native Plant Society, Sea Grant Florida, the Greater Charlotte Harbor Sierra Club, Keep Charlotte Beautiful, and LBC’s Lemon BayWatch team.
A special thanks to all our Lemon Bay Conservancy volunteers for organizing this wonderful event and to Thoroughbred Golf Carts for providing carts used throughout the morning to take guests with limited mobility out on the preserve trails.
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- Early Morning birding tour
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- IFAS Seagrant Eyes on Seagrass display
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- Keep Charlotte Beautiful Booth
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- Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserve booth
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- Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserve Booth
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- LBC information booth
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- Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center booth
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- Mangrove Chapter Florida Native Plant Society booth
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- Greater Charlotte Harbor Sierra Club
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- LBC’s Lemon BayWatch booth
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- Vertical Oyster Gardens at the Lemon BayWatch booth
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- guides and volunteers
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- 20250208 LBC Board Members at Exploration Day
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- Dr. Bill Dunson leading a walk
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- walking tour
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- sign-in for display area
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- Maura Qualls leads a Butterfly Habitat discussion
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- walk sign-in area
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- Charlie Woodruff leads a walk
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- Beth and John at the grill station
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- Bob Cooper leads a tou
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- Exploration Day Golf Cart Tour compliments of Throughbred Golf Cars
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- Golf Cart Tour with carts provided by Thoroughbred Golf Carts
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- Dr. Mary Davis from Florida Native Plant Society
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- Ecosystem Walk with Bobbi Rodgers and Dr. Mary Davis
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- presentation in the meeting area
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- CHEC Presentation
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- Meadow Exhibit Area
