
Field & Stream “Hero for a Day” Coming to Wildflower Preserve
on March 29, 2014
Lemon Bay Conservancy is excited to announce that Field & Stream magazine will have staff and two video crews onsite at Wildflower Preserve on Saturday, March 29th to see our volunteers at work on environmental research and restoration activities.
Wildflower is one of limited number of sites around the country selected as part of Field & Stream’s conservation “Hero for a Day” program for 2014.
Volunteer projects on March 29th will include juvenile tarpon research in Lemon Creek, invasive plant removal, native plant seedling collection and planting, and replacement of wetland plants in the artificial floating islands (a water quality project). Students and parents from L.A. Ainger Middle School will be at the preserve to participate in the volunteer projects and members of the community are invited to join us.
While participation in the tarpon research on March 29th will be limited to experienced volunteers, new volunteers are invited to assist with all the other activities. You’ll be helping restore the habitats at Wildflower and you may even end up in a video on the Field & Stream website! In addition, Field & Stream will supply gift bags with items such as F&S and Toyota merchandise (while supplies last) to those participating.
For interested volunteers, registration begins at 8:30 am at the Wildflower Preserve parking lot. The parking area is located at 3120 Gasparilla Pines Blvd, Englewood, FL 34224. Volunteers should wear clothes appropriate for “yard work”, and bring hats and gloves. Anyone helping with “wet” activities around the ponds/creek should bring boots or water shoes.
The volunteer schedule for March 29th is:
Start Time | End Time |
Volunteer Activity |
|
8:30 |
ongoing |
Volunteer Registration in Parking Lot Area | |
9:00 |
11:00 |
Invasive Plant Removal & Trail Maintenance | |
Brazilian Pepper cutting, trail maintenance, etc. | |||
10:15 |
11:30 |
Native Plant Seedling Collection | |
collect small oaks and other seedlings | |||
11:00 |
12:30 |
Native Plant Planting | |
plant cedars, firebush, etc. at select locations | |||
possibly also some wetland plantings | |||
12:00 |
2:00 |
Floating Islands – New Plantings | |
plant new wetland plants in our artificial islands | |||
with the goal of improving water quality |
For additional details, call the LBC office at 941-830-8922.