On Friday, the weather forecast for our open house on Saturday, January 24, 2015 included an 80% rain chance. Then, many of us were awakened overnight by driving rain and thunder. Thankfully, all the rain moved thru during the night and we had a fun day for our annual Open House event at Wildflower Preserve.
The forecast and early morning conditions kept some potential attendees away, but we had a steady stream of visitors who exnjoyed the Mote Marine Touch Tank and Mobile Exhibit, listened to presentations by local environmental organizations, explored the information booths, and toured various parts of the preserve with our outstanding volunteer naturalist guides.
Thank you to Mote Marine, the Greater Charlotte Harbor Sierra Club, Peace River Audubon, the Coastal Wildlife Club, the Men’s Garden Club of Englewood, the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center/Cedar Point, the Mangrove Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society, and the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program for joining us for this fun and educational day!
And, thank you to all our great Lemon Bay Conservancy volunteers, who helped organize and publicize the day!
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- Early Morning Bird Walk
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- LBC presentation on the history of Wildflower Preserve
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- LBC board member Percy Angelo speaking
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- Mote Marine Mobile Exhibits
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- David Moe at the CHNEP table
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- Men’s Garden Club of Englewood display
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- Dolphin exhibit at the Mote Marine display
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- Lively discussions at the FNPS and CHEC booth
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- Peace River Audubon booth
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- Volunteer Guide Bob Cooper (right) with a tour group
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- Visitors at the Mote Marine display
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- Peace River Audubon presentation
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- Board members Vickie Keidel and Hilary Dahms at the LBC booth
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- Coastal Wildlife Club booth
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- Peace River Audubon Booth
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- Volunteer Guide Dave Clayton with a tour group
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- Volunteer guide Jane Wallace (left) begins the Butterfly and Dragonfly tour
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- Sierra Club presentation
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- CHEC Cedar Point display
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- Volunteer Guide Bill Dunson with a tour group
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- Booths in the meadow
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- Hands-on Activity: Freshwater Sampling
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- Investingating specimens from the Freshwater Wetlands Hands-on Exploration
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- What’s that specimen?
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- Bobbi Rodgers presentation for CHEC
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- Sharks teeth and other exhibits at the Mote display
